shark-gull
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A confidence trickster; a person who preys on simpletons.
Etymology
Compound from English shark (trick, swindle) + English gull (dupe, sucker, mark).
Origin
English
gull
Gloss
dupe, sucker, mark
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antishark English
- cardshark English
- carpet shark English
- catshark English
- gull English
- gullable English
- gullage English
- guller English
- gullery English
- gullible English
- gullish English
- gullwing English
- landshark English
- megashark English
- sawshark English
- seagull English
- shark English
- shark bait English
- shark-finned English
- shark-jumping English
- sharkdom English
- sharker English
- sharkfin English
- sharkish English
- sharkless English
- sharklet English
- sharklike English
- sharkling English
- sharkmeat English
- sharkskin English
- sharksploitation English
- sharksucker English
- sharky English
- slough shark English
- swellshark English
- gulle Middle English
- siorc Irish
- शार्क Hindi
- siorc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- xark Maltese
- ushaka Zulu
- sak Tok Pisin
- sarki Sranan Tongo
- sak Torres Strait Creole
- gull
- shark
- guller
- sharky
- seagull
- gullery
- gullage
- sharker
- gullish
- sawshark
- sharkdom
- gullible
- sharkish
- sharkfin
- gullwing
- sharklet
- catshark
- gullable
- cardshark
- megashark
- antishark
- sharkmeat
- sharkling
- sharklike
- sharkless
- sharkskin
- landshark
- swellshark
- shark bait
- sharksucker
- slough shark
- carpet shark
- shark-finned
- shark-jumping
- sharksploitation