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GULL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gull" is a kind of...):
larid (long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gull"):
Larus canus; mew; mew gull; sea mew (the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America)
black-backed gull; cob; great black-backed gull; Larus marinus (white gull having a black back and wings)
herring gull; Larus argentatus (large gull of the northern hemisphere)
blackcap; Larus ridibundus; laughing gull; pewit; pewit gull (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Synonyms:
chump; fall guy; fool; gull; mark; mug; patsy; soft touch; sucker
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gull" is a kind of...):
dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)
Derivation:
gull (fool or hoax)
gull (make a fool or dupe of)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gull ... he / she / it gulls
Past simple: gulled
Past participle: gulled
-ing form: gulling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Example:
You can't fool me!
Synonyms:
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "gull" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gull"):
kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
gull (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a fool or dupe of
Synonyms:
befool; fool; gull
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "gull" is one way to...):
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
gull (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
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