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Word | Gull |
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of / A cheating or cheat / trick; hoodwink / a long-winged, web-footed seabird with a raucous call, typically having white plumage with a gray or black mantle. / any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae); especially : a usually gray and white bird (especially of the genus Larus) differing from a tern in usually larger size, stouter build, thicker somewhat hooked bill, less pointed wings, and short unforked tail / to fool or trick (someone), | |
Usage | ⇒ Richard Bach has written a beautiful story on gull ⇒ Confident no one could gull him, Paul prided himself on his skeptical disposition. ⇒ we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail ⇒ I could go on and on about the many herons, egrets, gulls , terns, and various and sundry other species we spotted yesterday. ⇒ Lucy seemed quite unaware of being the gull of her old friend's simple plot |
Synonyms | dupe, fool, deceive, defraud, bamboozle, trick, hoodwink, sucker, swindle, take in, cheat, cozen, chump, patsy, mark, mislead, bilk, fall guy, victim, hoax, |
Antonyms | advise, cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, cram, defrauder, disabuse, disenchant, disillusion, disseminate, dodger, easy, fling, hoaxer, nourish, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, |
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