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GULLING
Verb
gulling
present participle of gull
Noun
gulling (plural gullings)
An instance of duping or fooling somebody.
Source: Wiktionary
GULL
Gull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.]
Definition: To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud. The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden. I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge.
Gull, n.
1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.
2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.
Gull, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull (L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus. Gull teaser (Zoöl.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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