gull

[ guhl ]

/ gʌl /

verb (used with object)

to deceive, trick, or cheat.

noun

a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.

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Origin of gull

First recorded in 1540–50; perhaps akin to obsolete gull to swallow, guzzle

SYNONYMS FOR gull

1. cozen, dupe, fool, bamboozle, hoodwink.

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Examples from the Web for gulled

There again Americans are deceived, and literally, as we term it, gulled by the Church of Rome.
Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries|William Hogan
This isn't Palestine to be gulled by such things, and we live in a scientific era.
A Son of Perdition|Fergus Hume
But, for one thing, the deceit was practised by a master hand, and might have gulled an angel.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Well, I would fain enjoy her—the wench is delicate; but I would have the estate too, and not be gulled.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt

The sensitive tablet refused to be gulled into accepting an entry on any such pretext.
The Beggar's Purse|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for gulled

gull

/ (ɡʌl) /

noun

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

Derived Formsgull-like, adjective

Word Origin for gull

C15: of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwylan

gull

/ (ɡʌl) archaic /

noun

a person who is easily fooled or cheated

verb

(tr) to fool, cheat, or hoax

Word Origin for gull

C16: perhaps from dialect gull unfledged bird, probably from gul, from Old Norse gulr yellow

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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.

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