Gull

Word GULL
Character 4
Hyphenation gull
Pronunciations /ˈɡʌl/

Definitions and meanings of "Gull"

What do we mean by gull?

A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe. noun

To deceive or cheat. transitive verb

Any of various chiefly coastal seabirds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hooked beak, and usually gray and white plumage. noun

To deceive; cheat; mislead by deception; trick; defraud.

Synonyms To dupe, cozen, beguile, impose upon.

A long-winged, web-footed bird of the subfamily Larinæ, family Laridæ, and order Longipennes. noun

Some sea-bird resembling a gull, as a skua or jäger, a tern or sea-swallow, a booby or gannet, etc. noun

The young of the herring-gull, Larus argentatus, and of sundry related species, when the plumage is mostly gray. noun

The white-winged gull, Larus leucopterus. Both have been called Larus islandicus. noun

To sweep away by the force of running water: same as gully.

A channel for water; also, a stream. noun

To swallow.

An unfledged bird; a nestling. noun

A gosling. noun

A large trout. noun

Compare gullfish. noun

The bloom of the willow in the spring. noun

A simpleton; a fool; a dupe; one easily cheated. noun

A cheating or cheat; a trick; fraud. noun

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

Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gull

The word "gull" in example sentences

BESIDES BEING the name of an aquatic bird, the word gull is also a verb that means “to deceive or cheat” according to the American Heritage College Dictionary. ❋ Linda Washington (2007)

Anonymous: Sorry KrautBeckerFan - the Latin for Aussie gull translates as ❋ Unknown (2010)

Glaucous gulls L. hyperboreus and Kelp gulls L. dominicanus were also nested within L. argentatus, and the discovery about the Kelp gull is interesting: this species is unique to the Southern Hemisphere, and Liebers et al. (2004) concluded that it must have evolved via long-distance colonisation ‘from the same ancestral population as the Lesser black-backed gull, suggesting that its ancestors were highly migratory, as nominate Lesser black-backed gulls still are today’ (p. 895). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

No no no no NO: the Herring gull is NOT a ring species! ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

It is this habit in the gulls of parting with their property [disgorging the contents of their stomachs to the skuas], which has given rise to the terms gull, guller, and gulling, among men. " ❋ Unknown (1865)

In the mountains they collect at this season vast numbers of the eggs of a species of sea-gull, which is very common here. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Two or more penguins will combine to push a third in front of them against a skua gull, which is one of their enemies, for he eats their eggs or their young if he gets the chance. ❋ Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922)

The gull was a small white variety about the size of a pigeon, with a black ruff around its neck. ❋ Unknown (1921)

He shouted this frantically, but a wild and mournful cry from a gull was the only response, and his voice seemed to be utterly lost in the vast space around. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

The gull is a pretty and graceful bird, somewhat resembling the pigeon in shape and agility. ❋ Thomas Wallace Knox (1865)

"No, sweetest of your sex, it's a butterfly; but it's all the same, as my metaphysical Uncle Ogilvy would undertake to prove to you, thus, a butterfly is white and a gull is white, -- therefore, a gull is a butterfly." ❋ Unknown (1859)

He was already noted as a chief and a warrior, when he had the misfortune to kill a peculiar bird, resembling a sea-gull, which is reputed to possess poisonous qualities of singular virulence. ❋ Horatio Hale (1856)

The gull is the hardy fisherman among the birds, ever on the edge of survival. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are the great black-backed gull, which is the world's largest gull; the lesser black-backed gull, a European species first seen in Ohio in 1977; the black-legged kittiwake, which nests on cliffs and buildings; and the glaucous gull, which nests in the Arctic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are mainly puffins, kittiwakes a kind of gull and murres. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I own a couple of bird books, but the number of birds that I can identify by sight is about 10 if "gull" or "some type of hawk" count as identifications. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

And sorry, sweetie: 'gull' and 'pull' -- will not ever rhyme. ❋ Tanita Davis (2007)

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