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gulls

/ɡʌlz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
  2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
  3. A cheating trick; a fraud.
  4. One easily cheated; a dupe.
  5. (Oxford University slang) A swindler or trickster.
  6. To deceive or cheat.
  7. To mislead.
  8. To trick and defraud.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

seagull(English)fish(English)sucker(English)cod(English)put on(English)shlemiel(English)chump(English)schlemiel(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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