gull
A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily LarinaeA seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
» The sea gulls are flying low.
Die Möwen fliegen tief.
Чайки летают низко.
Meaning
8 sensesA seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
Möwe, Möwenvogel
ча́йкаčájka
ча́йкаčájka, ма́ртинmártyn, ме́ваméva
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
(slang)A cheating trick; a fraud.
A stupid animal.
One easily cheated; a dupe.
(dialectal)A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
(dialectal)A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
(obsolete)A swindler or trickster.
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Examples
16 sentencesThe sea gulls are flying low.
ruЧайки летают низко.
deDie Möwen fliegen tief.
A beautiful gull flies over the sea.
Над морем летить красива чайка.
deEine schöne Möwe fliegt über das Meer.
What do gulls eat?
Що їдять чайки?
The sea gull glided on the wind.
Some people like sea gulls, others don't.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language (compare Breton gouelan, WeInherited from Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language (compare Breton gouelan, Welsh gwylan, and Cornish golan), from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *weilannā (“seagull”).
Perhaps from an obsolete term gull (“to swallow, guzzle”), from Middle English golen (“to make swallowing motions, gape”), from Middle English gole (“throat”).
From Middle English gole (“a whirlpool, narrow inlet of the sea, ditch or stream”), from Middle Low German goel, gȫl, gȫle (“swamp, marshy lowland”), related to Old Dutch gulla (“pool, puddle”), Old French goille (“pool, puddle, pond”), all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *goli, *golljā (“puddle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *guljaz, *guljǭ.
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