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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of;
[syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug]

2. mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs;
[syn: gull, seagull, sea gull]


VERB (2)

1. make a fool or dupe of;
[syn: fool, gull, befool]

2. fool or hoax;
- Example: "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"
- Example: "You can't fool me!"
[syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gull \Gull\ (g[u^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulled (g[u^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling.] [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.] To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud. [1913 Webster] The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gull \Gull\, n. 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. One easily cheated; a dupe. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gull \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zool.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera. [1913 Webster] Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull (L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus. [1913 Webster] Gull teaser (Zool.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gull n 1: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug] 2: mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs [syn: gull, seagull, sea gull] v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn: fool, gull, befool] 2: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across]