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gulling

/ˈɡʌlɪŋ/

gulling is the present participle and gerund of gull.

Meaning of gull

Verb (1)

gull (third-person singular simple present gulls, present participle gulling, simple past and past participle gulled)

  1. To deceive or cheat.
    • O, but to ha' gulled him / Had been a mastery.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet...
  2. (US, slang) To mislead.
  3. (US, slang) To trick and defraud.
  4. (dialectal) To flatter, wheedle.

Verb (2)

gull (third-person singular simple present gulls, present participle gulling, simple past and past participle gulled)

  1. (dialectal) To sweep away by the force of running water; to carve or wear into a gully.

See all 15 meanings of gull

Noun

gulling (plural gullings)

  1. An instance of duping or fooling someone.
    • Viola Svvagger vvorſe then a Lieutenant among freſhvvater ſouldiers, call me your loue, your ingle, your coſen, or ſo; but ſiſter at no hand. / Fuſt[igo]. No, no, it ſhall be cozen, or rather cuz that's the gulling vvord betvveene the Cittizens vviues and their old dames, that man em to the garden...1604 (date written), Tho[mas] Dekker, [Thomas Middleton], The Honest Whore. […] (4th quarto), London: […] Nicholas Okes for Robert Basse, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, signature B, verso
    • The central position of the rogues in the plot gives unity to what could be merely a collection of gullings.1982, The Colby Library Quarterly, volumes 18-19, page 119

Forms of gulling

pluralgullings

Words that rhyme with gulling

Questions about gulling

What does gulling mean?
Gulling means an instance of duping or fooling someone.
What is gulling the present participle and gerund of?
Gulling is the present participle and gerund of gull.
What part of speech is gulling?
Gulling is a noun.
How do you pronounce gulling?
Gulling is pronounced /ˈɡʌlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of gulling?
The plural of gulling is gullings.

Words near gulling in the dictionary

  1. Gulliford
  2. Gullifords
  3. gulligut
  4. gulliguts
  5. Gullinbursti
  6. gulling
  7. gullings
  8. gullion
  9. gullions
  10. gullish
  11. gullishly

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