Gull
/ɡʌl/noun
A seabird with a heavy body, long wings, and a curved beak especially common to the North Atlantic.
He watched a group of gulls fighting over a piece of bread.
Often appears as...
- sea gull
- gull eggs
verb
To trick or deceive someone.
He was gulled into buying a useless piece of machinery.
Often appears as...
- gull into believing
- gull into thinking
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A seabird with a heavy body, long wings, and a curved beak especially common to the North Atlantic.
He watched a group of gulls fighting over a piece of bread.
Often appears as...
- sea gull
- gull eggs
verb
To trick or deceive someone.
He was gulled into buying a useless piece of machinery.
Often appears as...
- gull into believing
- gull into thinking
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Habitat Specific
The word 'gull' is usually used to describe birds by the sea or ocean.
During the beach cleanup, we noticed several gulls circling overhead.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just White
'Gull' often conjures images of white birds, but many species have different colors.
The black-backed gull has a distinctive appearance compared to its white relatives.
Pro Tip 3/3Scavengers
Gulls are known for scavenging and may be mentioned in contexts of food stealing.
The gulls swooped down to snatch leftovers from the picnic tables.
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This weird trick will...
Herring gulls and wood turtles also sometimes drum their feet on the earth to summon worms. So then why does this behavior persist? Scientists think it’s beneficial for a prey species to maintain its adaptations against a more frequent predator, even if it makes it more vulnerable to a rarer one.
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Exploring Russia's...
again you won't find polar bears there you won't find little locks there you won't find ivory gulls there it's important to preserve it because it is an entire intact ecosystem that's not duplicated anywhere on this planet and for all we know anywhere in the universe
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What sticky sea...
and all the damaging features that can happen from that environment. So they're all hunkered down there. Then, also, there's a safety in numbers thing because it also helps you keep away the predators, because if, say, a seagull wants to pick you up and eat you,
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Keegan-Michael Key...
- So that's nature at its best. - I've never seen anything like that. To see the little gulls! It's so funny to watch them, like, who is this? - Yeah. - It's just-- but I just-- I don't know what it is. It's just communing with another life form. - Yeah.
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What would happen if we...
is that ems spend most of their life in virtual reality. This is what you might look like if you were using virtual reality. And this is what you might sunlight glinting off of water, you might hear gulls flying above,
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Why Do Cats Hunt? PIPE Cats...
to help find out the team asked the cat owners to take photos of any prey their cats bring home i could have things in three or four times a week in the summer or the spring he's brought in a seagull a rat a vole mice
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Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
on your doorstep is the largest lizard in the world, and they probably think it's as normal as a seagull on the beach here in England. But to answer the question, do they eat people? Is not really the case.
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
beautiful young girl from Wellfleet her her hair was the color of corn silk in her eyes or as blue as the deeps of gull pond these were some of the things that I remember as a kid and reading about
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The science of hearing -...
You hear the gentle lap of waves, the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace,
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Smart Dolphins Beach...
Other fish-eaters profit from their daring. Herons and gulls follow every hunt.
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This weird trick will...
Herring gulls and wood turtles also sometimes drum their feet on the earth to summon worms. So then why does this behavior persist? Scientists think it’s beneficial for a prey species to maintain its adaptations against a more frequent predator, even if it makes it more vulnerable to a rarer one.
Video examples
Exploring Russia's...
again you won't find polar bears there you won't find little locks there you won't find ivory gulls there it's important to preserve it because it is an entire intact ecosystem that's not duplicated anywhere on this planet and for all we know anywhere in the universe
Video examples
What sticky sea...
and all the damaging features that can happen from that environment. So they're all hunkered down there. Then, also, there's a safety in numbers thing because it also helps you keep away the predators, because if, say, a seagull wants to pick you up and eat you,
Video examples
Keegan-Michael Key...
- So that's nature at its best. - I've never seen anything like that. To see the little gulls! It's so funny to watch them, like, who is this? - Yeah. - It's just-- but I just-- I don't know what it is. It's just communing with another life form. - Yeah.
Video examples
What would happen if we...
is that ems spend most of their life in virtual reality. This is what you might look like if you were using virtual reality. And this is what you might sunlight glinting off of water, you might hear gulls flying above,
Video examples
Why Do Cats Hunt? PIPE Cats...
to help find out the team asked the cat owners to take photos of any prey their cats bring home i could have things in three or four times a week in the summer or the spring he's brought in a seagull a rat a vole mice
Video examples
Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
on your doorstep is the largest lizard in the world, and they probably think it's as normal as a seagull on the beach here in England. But to answer the question, do they eat people? Is not really the case.
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
beautiful young girl from Wellfleet her her hair was the color of corn silk in her eyes or as blue as the deeps of gull pond these were some of the things that I remember as a kid and reading about
Video examples
The science of hearing -...
You hear the gentle lap of waves, the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace,
Video examples
Smart Dolphins Beach...
Other fish-eaters profit from their daring. Herons and gulls follow every hunt.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
Devon holds a special place in my heart. As a child, I normally went on holiday to Bantham and have lots of happy memories from my time there. I used to catch sand eels in the early morning and go fishing for bass throughout the day. I remember a gull taking my bait.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
Now and then, when I grow nostalgic about my ocean childhood - the wauling of gulls and the smell of salt, somebody solicitous will bundle me into a car and drive me to the nearest briny horizon.
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Eddie Campbell
Scottish Artist
I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.
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Phaedrus
Roman Poet
Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
Devon holds a special place in my heart. As a child, I normally went on holiday to Bantham and have lots of happy memories from my time there. I used to catch sand eels in the early morning and go fishing for bass throughout the day. I remember a gull taking my bait.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
Now and then, when I grow nostalgic about my ocean childhood - the wauling of gulls and the smell of salt, somebody solicitous will bundle me into a car and drive me to the nearest briny horizon.
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Eddie Campbell
Scottish Artist
I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.
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Phaedrus
Roman Poet
Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.
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