Gull (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make a fool or dupe of.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The con artist was able to gull many investors into buying his fake investment scam.
- She was a master of words and could gull anyone into doing her bidding.
- It was easy to gull the young and impressionable recruit into following orders blindly.
- His charm and charisma were enough to gull even the toughest critics.
- The scammer tried to gull the old lady out of her life savings with false promises of guaranteed returns.
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Meaning 2
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The con artist managed to gull the unsuspecting tourist into giving away her passport.
- His smooth talk was enough to gull me into buying the overpriced item.
- It's easy to gull somebody who is overly trusting and naive.
- No one has ever tried to gull her into doing something against her will.
- The scammer was able to gull several people out of their life savings before he was caught.