gull

gull ¹  (gl)

n.

Any of various chiefly coastal aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hooked beak, and usually gray and white plumage.

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[Middle English gulle, possibly of Brythonic origin.]

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gull ²  (gl)

n.

A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe.

tr.v. gulled, gull·ing, gulls

To deceive or cheat.

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[Probably from gull, to swallow (obsolete), from Middle English golen, to pretend to swallow, from gole, throat, perhaps from Old French goule; see gullet.]

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gull

Noun

a large sea bird with white feathers tipped with black or grey [Celtic]

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In electronic warfare, a floating radar reflector used to simulate a surface target at sea for deceptive purposes.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gull - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of chump, fall guy, patsy, soft touch, sucker, mug, fool, mark dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
	2.	gull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs sea gull, seagull larid - long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family Larus canus, mew gull, sea mew, mew - the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, Larus marinus, cob - white gull having a black back and wings herring gull, Larus argentatus - large gull of the northern hemisphere Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull, blackcap - small black-headed European gull ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea - white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick kittiwake - small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe
Verb	1.	gull - make a fool or dupe of befool, fool cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
	2.	gull - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, befool, fool, put on kid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

Translations

gull [gʌl] n → gaviota

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gull [gʌl] n → mouette f

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gull [gʌl] n → Möwe f

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gull [gʌl] n → gabbiano

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gull

n gull [gal]

(oftenˈseagull) a type of web-footed sea bird, usually black and white or grey and white. seemeeu نَوْرَس البَحْر чайка racek måge die Möwe γλάρος gaviota kajakas مرغ نوروزی lokki mouette שַׁחַף एक प्रकार की समुद्री पक्षी galeb sirály camar mávur gabbiano かもめ 갈매기 kiras kaija burung camar meeuw måke mewa gaivota pescăruş чайка čajka galeb galeb mås, trut นกนางนวล martı 海鷗 чайка جھلّی دار پنجوں والے سمندری پرندوں میں سے کوئی mòng biển 海鸥