gull

1. 1.

   make a fool or dupe of

   Synonymsfoolbefool

   Broaderdeceive
2. 2.

   fool or hoax

   “The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”

   “You can't fool me!”

   Synonymsdupeslangbefoolcodfoolput ontake input one overput one across

   Broaderdeceive

   Narrowerpull the leg of

Other forms of gull

plural

gulls·

past tense

gulled·

present participle

gulling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gull

What does gull mean?

gull means "a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gull?

gull has 1 syllable: gull. In IPA it is /ˈɡʌl/.

What is another word for gull?

Close synonyms include chump, fool, mark, patsy, fall guy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gull a common word?

gull is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with gull?

1 word rhymes with gull. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.