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The definition of a gull is a shorebird in the family Laridae, or a person who is easily tricked.

(noun)

An example of a gull is a seagull.
An example of a gull is a person who always falls for tricks.

Gull is defined as to trick.

(verb)

An example of gull is to pull a senior prank in school.

See gull in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. gulls or gull

any of various shorebirds of a worldwide family (Laridae), with large wings, slender legs, webbed feet, a strong, hooked bill, and feathers of chiefly white and gray

Origin: ME < Celt, as in Cornish gullan, Welsh gwylan, Bret gwelan

noun

a person easily cheated or tricked; dupe

Origin: ME gulle, silly fellow, lit., unfledged bird < gul, yellow < ON gulr, akin to goll, gold

transitive verb

to cheat or trick; dupe

See gull in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English gulle

Origin: , possibly of Brythonic origin

noun

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

transitive verb gulled, gull·ing, gulls gulls

To deceive or cheat.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from gull, to swallow (obsolete)

Origin: , from Middle English golen, to pretend to swallow

Origin: , from gole, throat

Origin: , perhaps from Old French goule; see gullet