gull

Any of various chiefly coastal aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hooked beak, and usually gray and white plumage.

[Middle English gulle, possibly of Brythonic origin.]

A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe.

To deceive or cheat.

[Probably from gull, to swallow (obsolete), from Middle English golen, to pretend to swallow, from gole, throat, perhaps from Old French goule. See gullet.]

noun

A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt³, dupe, fool, lamb, pushover, victim. Informal sucker. Slang fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap¹. Chiefly British mug. See wise/foolish.

verb

To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang diddle¹, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest/dishonest.

n. in electronic warfare, a floating radar reflector used to simulate a surface target at sea for deceptive purposes.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

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Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). (credit: John Markham)

Any of more than 40 species of heavily built, web-footed seabirds (family Laridae) that are most abundant as breeders in temperate to arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Adults are mainly gray or white, with variable head markings. The bill is strong and slightly hooked, sometimes displaying a spot of colour. Species differ in bill and leg colours and in wing patterns. Wingspans range from 24 to 63 in. (0.6 to 1.6 m). Gulls feed on insects, mollusks, and crustaceans on beaches; worms and grubs in plowed fields; and fish and garbage from ships and along shores. Some large gulls prey on the eggs and young of other birds, including their own kind. See also herring gull; kittiwake.

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Member of the bird family Laridae. An effortless flier, webfooted, hookbeaked and an inhabitant of the shoreline.

(DOD, NATO) In electronic warfare, a floating radar reflector used to simulate a surface target at sea for deceptive purposes.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - måge

2.
v. tr. - narre, snyde, tage ved næsen
n. - godtroende fjols, nar, tåbe

Nederlands (Dutch)
meeuw, argeloze figuur, op de mouw spelden

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Zool) mouette, goéland

2.
v. tr. - duper
n. - dupe (arch)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Möwe

2.
v. - übertölpeln, betrügen
n. - Gimpel, Tölpel

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πιάνω κορόιδο (κν. ρίχνω), κοροϊδεύω
n. - (ορνιθ.) γλάρος, (καθομ.) κορόιδο

Italiano (Italian)
darla a bere a, ingannare, gabbiano

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enganar
n. - gaivota (f) (Ornit.), simplório (m)

Русский (Russian)
чайка, простак, одурачить

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - gaviota

2.
v. tr. - hacer creer, embaucar, engañar
n. - engaño, estafa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lura
n. - mås (zool.), enfaldig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 鸥, 海鸥

2. 易受骗的人, 欺骗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 鷗, 海鷗

2.
n. - 易受騙的人
v. tr. - 欺騙

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 갈매기

2.
v. tr. - 사기 치다, 속이다
n. - 사기꾼, 쉽게 속는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カモメ, だまされやすい人
v. - だます

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخدع, يحتال على (الاسم) الساذج, النورس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שחף (עוף-ים)‬
n. - ‮פתי‬
v. tr. - ‮פיתה, רימה‬

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