gull
from
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}]
from
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]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "gull":
babe, bamboozle, beat, befool, beguile, beguile of, betray, bilk,
bluff, boob, bunco, burn, cajole, cheat, cheat on, chicane, chisel,
chouse, chouse out of, chump, cinch, circumvent, cog, cog the dice,
con, conjure, cozen, credulous person, crib, cull, deceive,
defraud, delude, diddle, do in, do out of, double-cross, dupe,
easy mark, easy pickings, euchre, fall guy, finagle, fish, flam,
fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, forestall, fudge, gammon, get around,
gobe-mouches, gouge, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gyp,
have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug,
infatuate, innocent, juggle, leadpipe cinch, let down, mock,
monkey, mulct, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach,
pack the deal, patsy, pigeon, play one false, plaything,
practice fraud upon, prize sap, pushover, put on,
put something over, rook, sap, saphead, scam, schlemiel, screw,
sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, sitting duck, snow,
stack the cards, stick, sting, stooge, string along, stultify,
sucker, swindle, take a dive, take in, thimblerig, throw a fight,
toy, trick, trusting soul, two-time, victim, victimize
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