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gull (gul)

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

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

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gull (gul)

noun

a person easily cheated or tricked; dupe

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

transitive verb

to cheat or trick; dupe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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