NOUN | person | gull, chump, fool, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
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animal | gull, seagull, sea gull | mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | |
VERB | social | gull, fool, befool | make a fool or dupe of |
communication | gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across | fool or hoax |
Sounds | gah'l | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. | |
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Synonyms | chump, fool, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug | |
Broader | victim, dupe | A person who is tricked or swindled |
Spanish | berzotas, bobo, cabeza de turco, cipote, estúpido, gaviota, idiota, imbécil, mameluco, panoli, primo, tonto | |
Catalan | babau, beneit, encantat, enze, gamarús, gavina, idiota, pallús, tanoca, tòtil | |
Verbs | gull | fool or hoax |
gull | make a fool or dupe of |
Meaning | Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs. | |
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Synonyms | seagull, sea gull | |
Narrower | black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, cob, Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
herring gull, Larus argentatus | large gull of the northern hemisphere | |
ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea | white Arctic gull | |
kittiwake | small pearl-grey gull of northern regions | |
laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus | small black-headed European gull | |
mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus | The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America | |
Broader | larid | long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family |
Spanish | gavia, gaviota | |
Catalan | gavià, gavina |
Meaning | make a fool or dupe of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | fool, befool | |
Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
Spanish | engañar, tomar el pelo | |
Catalan | enganar | |
Nouns | gull | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
Meaning | fool or hoax. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across | |
Narrower | pull the leg of, kid | tell false / false / false information to for fun |
Broader | deceive, betray, lead astray | Cause someone to believe an untruth |
Spanish | confundir, defraudar, embabucar, embaír, embaucar, encandilar, engañar, engatusar, enredar, falsear, timar | |
Catalan | enredar, entabanar | |
Nouns | gull | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
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