Gull

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡʌl/
• also US IPA: /ˈɡlÌ©/
• Homophones: goal
• Rhymes: -ÊŒl

From Middle English gulle, probably from a language, perhaps Breton gouelan.

Full definition of gull

Noun

1. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.

Synonyms

• (seabird) mew, seagull

Perhaps from an obsolete term gull ("swallow").

Dictionary.com

Noun

1. (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, ,BENEDICK. Aside I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it: knavery cannot, sure, hide itself in such reverence.
2. One easily cheated; a dupe.

Synonyms

• (dupe) See also

Verb

1. To deceive or cheat.
• DrydenThe vulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.
• ColeridgeI'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.
• 1819, , Otho the Great, Act IV, Scene I, verse 162-165... speak your curses outAgainst me, who would sooner crush and grindA brace of toads, than league with them to oppressAn innocent lady, gull an Emperor ...
2. (US, slang) To mislead.
3. (US, slang) To trick and defraud.

Derived terms

• gullible
• gullibility