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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gull1 /gʌl/USA pronunciation n. - Birds[countable] a long-winged water-dwelling bird, typically white with gray or black upper wings and back.
gull2 /gʌl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to deceive, trick, or cheat:The crooks gulled him out of his life's savings.
n. [countable] - a person who is easily deceived or cheated;
dupe.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gull1 (gul),USA pronunciation n. - any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- Breton gwelan)
- Welsh gŵylan, Cornish guilan (compare French goéland
- late Middle English gulle, perh. 1400–50
- to deceive, trick, or cheat.
n. - a person who is easily deceived or cheated;
dupe.
- perh. akin to obsolete gull to swallow, guzzle 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cozen, dupe, fool, bamboozle, hoodwink.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gull /ɡʌl/ n - any aquatic bird of the genus Larus and related genera, such as L. canus (common gull or mew) having long pointed wings, short legs, and a mostly white plumage: family Laridae, order Charadriiformes
Etymology: 15th Century: of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwylan gull /ɡʌl/ archaic n - a person who is easily fooled or cheated
vb - (transitive) to fool, cheat, or hoax
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from dialect gull unfledged bird, probably from gul, from Old Norse gulr yellow |