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Synonyms for gull


Grammar : Verb
Spell : guhl
Phonetic Transcription : gʌl



Définition of gull

Origin :
  • shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic, cf. Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English mæw (see mew (n.1)).
  • verb cheat
Example sentences :
  • It's easy to gull you, for you can't see any further than a child of five.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • I can sprawl on that seaweed and be as comfortable as a gull on a clam flat.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Then he sighed, picked up his pencil and turned again to the drawing of the gull.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The place was very quiet and rather cold, but all as clean as a gull's wing.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Always he appeared a white dot on the blue horizon, like the flash of a gull.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • Very soon he had an opportunity of assisting to gull the public on a great scale.
  • Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
  • Overhead the sharp scream of a gull cut through the stillness.
  • Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various
  • The master of the "Gull" came near dropping his pipe with amazement.
  • Extract from : « Culm Rock » by Glance Gaylord
  • No, it is no gull, it is the wonder-ship flying along with billowing sails.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Fairy Book » by Various
  • Six or seven stormy petrels seen at once, and now and then a gull.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to America in 1834 » by Robert Heywood

Antonyms for gull

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