gull /ˈɡʌl/noun 8verb 5forms 3phrases 1 noun8 •A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind. — 1947 •One easily cheated; a dupe. •(slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.BENEDICK. [Aside] I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it: knavery cannot, sure, hide itself in such reverence. — 1598 •A stupid animal. •(dialect) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm. •(dialect) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water. •Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora. •(no longer used) A swindler or trickster. verb5 •To deceive or cheat.O, but to ha' gulled him / Had been a mastery. — 1610 •To mislead. •To trick and defraud. •(dialect) To flatter, wheedle. •(dialect) To sweep away by the force of running water; to carve or wear into a gully. formsgulled · gulling · gulls Phrases with gull as the gull fliesIn a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
Gull noun 1forms 1phrases 1 noun1 •A player, supporter or other person connected with Torquay United Football Club. formsGulls Phrases with Gull as the gull fliesIn a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.