What does gull mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mugnoun

    a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

  2. gull, seagull, sea gullverb

    mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

  3. fool, gull, befoolverb

    make a fool or dupe of

  4. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one acrossverb

    fool or hoax

    "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

Wiktionary

  1. gullnoun

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

  2. gullnoun

    A cheating trick; a fraud.

  3. gullnoun

    One easily cheated; a dupe.

  4. gullverb

    To deceive or cheat

  5. gullverb

    To mislead

  6. gullverb

    To trick and defraud

  7. Etymology: Probably from gouelan.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gullnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing.

    Either they have these excellencies they are praised for, or they have not; if they have not, ’tis an apparent cheat and gull. Government of the Tongue.

    Being fed by us you us’d us so,
    As that ungentle gull, the cuckow bird,
    Useth the sparrow. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

    Why have you suffer’d me to be imprison’d,
    Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest,
    And made the most notorious geck and gull
    That e’er invention plaid on. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    That paltry story is untrue,
    And forg’d to cheat such gulls as you. Hudibras, p. ii.

  2. To GULLverb

    To trick; to cheat; to defraud; to deceive.

    Etymology: guiller, to cheat, old French.

    If I do not gull him into a nay word, and make him a common recreation, do not think I have wit enough to lie straight in my bed. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    Yet love these sorc’ries did remove, and move
    Thee to gull thine own mother for my love. John Donne.

    He would have gull’d him with a trick,
    But Mart was too too politick. Hudibras, p. ii.

    They are not to be gulled twice with the same trick. Roger L'Estrange.

    The Roman people were grosly gulled twice or thrice over, and as often enslaved in one century, and under the same pretence of reformation. John Dryden, Æn. Dedication.

    By their designing leaders taught,
    The vulgar, gull’d into rebellion, arm’d; Dryden.

    For this advantage age from youth has won,
    As not to be out-ridden, though out-run;
    By fortune he was now to Venus trin’d,
    And with stern Mars in Capricorn was join’d:
    Of him disposing in his own abode,
    He sooth’d the goddess, while he gull’d the god. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Gull

    Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but that arrangement is now considered polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. An older name for gulls is mews, which is cognate with German Möwe, Danish måge, Swedish mås, Dutch meeuw, Norwegian måke/måse and French mouette, and can still be found in certain regional dialects.Gulls are typically medium to large in size, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls; stout, longish bills; and webbed feet. Most gulls are ground-nesting carnivores which take live food or scavenge opportunistically, particularly the Larus species. Live food often includes crustaceans, molluscs, fish and small birds. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea, except for the kittiwakes. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large white-headed gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the herring gull.Gulls nest in large, densely packed, noisy colonies. They lay two or three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, born with dark mottled down and mobile upon hatching. Gulls are resourceful, inquisitive, and intelligent, the larger species in particular, demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure. For example, many gull colonies display mobbing behavior, attacking and harassing predators and other intruders. Certain species have exhibited tool-use behavior, such as the herring gull, using pieces of bread as bait with which to catch goldfish, for example. Many species of gulls have learned to coexist successfully with humans and have thrived in human habitats. Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales, landing on the whale as it surfaces to peck out pieces of flesh.

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  1. gull

    A gull is a type of seabird from the family Laridae. They are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have long wings and short legs, with webbed feet for efficient swimming. Gulls are well known for their adaptable nature and are found in a variety of habitats including sea coasts, lakes, rivers and even in urban areas. They are omnivorous, with diets that include fish, marine and freshwater invertebrates, insects, earthworms, rodents, eggs, carrion, offal, reptiles, amphibians, plant items such as seeds and fruit, human refuse, and even other birds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gullverb

    to deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud

  2. Gullnoun

    a cheating or cheat; trick; fraud

  3. Gullnoun

    one easily cheated; a dupe

  4. Gullnoun

    one of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera

  5. Etymology: [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.]

Wikidata

  1. Gull

    Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the sub-order Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until the twenty-first century most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Most gulls, particularly Larus species, are ground-nesting carnivores, which will take live food or scavenge opportunistically. Live food often includes crabs and small fish. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large White-Headed Gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the Herring Gull. Gulls nest in large, densely packed noisy colonies. They lay two to three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, being born with dark mottled down, and mobile upon hatching.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gull

    gul, n. a web-footed sea-fowl belonging to the family Laridæ. [Celt.; Corn. gullan, W. gwylan, Bret. gwelangwela, to weep, to cry.]

  2. Gull

    gul, v.t. to beguile: to deceive.—n. a trick: one easily cheated: (Shak.) a nestling.—ns. Gull′-catch′er (Shak.), a cheat; Gull′er; Gull′ery, imposture; Gullibil′ity.—adj. Gull′ible, easily deceived.—n. Gullos′ity. [Same word as gull, a seafowl, the bird being thought stupid.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. gull

    In electronic warfare, a floating radar reflector used to simulate a surface target at sea for deceptive purposes.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. gull

    A well-known sea-bird of the genus Larus; there are many species. Also, a large trout in the north. The name is, moreover, familiarly used for a lout easily deceived or cheated; thus Butler in Hudibras-- "The paltry story is untrue, And forg'd to cheat such gulls as you." It is also applied to the washing away of earth by the violent flowing of water; the origin perhaps of the Kentish gull-stream.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GULL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gull is ranked #24855 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Gull surname appeared 1,001 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gull.

    89.2% or 893 total occurrences were White.
    5.7% or 58 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.6% or 16 total occurrences were Black.
    1.6% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gull in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gull in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of gull in a Sentence

  1. Chief Wilfred King:

    This virus doesn't stop at the Gull Bay First Nation border, it can get very bad in this region if this isn't addressed in a strong meaningful way.

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