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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.

Synonyms

  • Fool
  • Befool

Hypernyms

  • Cozen
  • Delude
  • Deceive

Related Words

  • Gull (noun)

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.

Synonyms

  • Cod
  • Put One Over
  • Dupe
  • Fool
  • Put On
  • Put One Across
  • Befool
  • Slang
  • Take In

Hypernyms

  • Lead Astray
  • Betray

Hyponyms

  • Kid

Related Words

  • Gull (noun)
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