gull

Plural: gulls

Noun

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
• mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
• A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
• Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
• A cheating trick; a fraud.
• A stupid animal.
• One easily cheated; a dupe.
• A swindler or trickster.
• A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
• A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.

Verb

Verb Forms: gulled, gulling, gulls

• To deceive or trick someone, often innocently.
• make a fool or dupe of
• fool or hoax
• To deceive or cheat.
• To mislead.
• To trick and defraud.
• To flatter, wheedle.
• To sweep away by the force of running water; to carve or wear into a gully.

Examples

• He tried to gull his opponent into thinking he had no vowels, but his face gave him away.

Synonyms

befool, chump, cod, dupe, fall guy, fool, mark, mug, patsy, put on, put one across, put one over, sea gull, seagull, slang, soft touch, sucker, take in, mew, seabird, seamew

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