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Meanings of gull in English

Portuguese
gaivota
Spanish
gaviota
Catalan
gavina
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Type of bird.

        gaivota
        Portuguese
        trouxa
        Catalan
        tanoca
        Spanish
        primo

        A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.

            trouxa
            Spanish
            embaucar

            Fool or hoax.

                embaucar
                Usage of gull in English
                1
                In time the gull will flap its wings; the airplane never does.
                The Thunder Bird
                2
                The other offers no trouble, however; it is busy with the gull.
                The drawing of the three
                3
                I don't like the sound of this sea gull business at all.
                On the Beach
                4
                But the falcons gave battle to the gull and drove him thence.
                Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
                5
                It rests on the edge of the water, like a grey gull.
                Legends of Vancouver
                6
                From a distance of miles, perhaps, the seaplane looks like a gull.
                Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
                7
                Across the Seine a gull dropped on the water like a plume.
                The King in Yellow
                8
                The plaintive distant cry of a gull reached her like a greeting.
                The Moon Rock
                9
                The boat seemed to skim along as lightly as a sea gull.
                Five Little Friends
                10
                There was the flare of a sea gull to Zoe-nocontaining her.
                Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
                11
                Quotes one birdwatcher at length who had finally spotted the small gull.
                The new yorker
                12
                The herring-gull was a silver line-aboutas big as a thrip-toseaward.
                The Way of the Wild
                13
                This way readily occurs to anyone who watches a sea gull soaring.
                Flying Machines: Construction and Operation / A Practical Book W...
                14
                He could not resist a humorous impulse to gull a credulous foreigner.
                A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
                15
                Your eceellenza floated like a swan, and swam faster than a gull.
                The Bravo: A Tale
                16
                Lou slowed his pace as he drew near to the wounded gull.
                Cormac: the tale of a dog gone missing
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