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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Gull

/(gŭl)/ · IPA /ˈɡʌl/
01 v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
imp. & p. p. Gulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling
  1. 1.
    To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
    “The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.” — Dryden.
    “I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.” — Coleridge.
02 n. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
  1. 1.
    A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
  2. 2.
    One easily cheated; a dupe.
03 n. One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
  1. 1.
    One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Gull teaser — the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.