gull2
- to deceive, trick, or cheat.
- a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
Origin of gull2
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Historical Examples
There are things about which universal sentiment is not to be gulled.
Napoleon the LittleVictor Hugo
He is gulled into the belief that Mrs. Ford expects him again.
William ShakespeareJohn Masefield
He must have gulled this whole territory beautifully to have them swear by him as they do.
That Girl MontanaMarah Ellis Ryan
His imagination, which had led him on so bravely, gulled him sometimes when it came to details.
RaleighEdmund Gosse
He was laughed at by one half of the Neighbours, and despised and gulled by the other.
The True Life of Betty IrelandAnonymous
gull1
- any aquatic bird of the genus Larus and related genera, such as L. canus (common gull or mew) having long pointed wings, short legs, and a mostly white plumage: family Laridae, order CharadriiformesRelated adjective: larine
Word Origin
gull2
- a person who is easily fooled or cheated
- (tr) to fool, cheat, or hoax
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for gulled
gull
n.1
shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic, cf. Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English mæw (see mew (n.1)).
gull
n.2
cant term for "dupe, sucker, credulous person," 1590s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from verb meaning "to dupe, cheat" (1540s), earlier "to swallow" (1520s), ultimately from gull "throat, gullet" (early 15c.); see gullet. Or it is perhaps from (or influenced by) the bird (see gull (n.1)); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is Middle English dialectal gull "newly hatched bird" (late 14c.), which is perhaps from Old Norse golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.