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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:

gull; sea gull; seagull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting people

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) 

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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