gulls
Coastal white fliers
Gulls are seabirds with long wings, webbed feet, and typically gray-and-white plumage.
They're common along coastlines, harbors, and beaches, known for scavenging food and their distinctive calls.
The singular gull also means a person easily deceived—a dupe or sucker—and the verb means to deceive or trick: He was gulled into signing over his savings.
Harsh grating bird cry
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- cawCorvid vocalization
- screechHigh, harsh cry
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
wailing · mewing · cacophony · clamor · raucous · piercing · shrill · strident
Bird's complete feather coat
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- nestingMaking a dwelling
roosting · flight · eggs · chicks · perching · colony · webbed · preening
Seeking wild food sources
- rummagingSearching by moving things
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- snatchingSeizing quickly, abruptly
- peckingJabbing with beak
scrounging · opportunistic · garbage · landfill · scraps · leftovers · chips · picnic
Land-water boundary
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- wharfShip docking structure
- boardwalkPlanked waterfront pathway
jetty · seawall · docks · marina · buoy · lighthouse · cliffs · breakwater
Rising effortlessly upward
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- hoveringSuspended without support
- wheelingMoving things on rollers
- circlingMoving around a center
swooping · diving · drifting · coasting · wingspan · thermals · updraft · airborne
Absence of constraint
- seasideCoastal recreational area
- summerYear's warmest season
- coastLand beside the ocean
- vacationLeisure time away
maritime · nautical · ocean · seafaring · sailors · fishing · portside · waterfront
Dependent territorial settlement
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- swarmMass of moving insects
- clusterGathered group nearby
throng · multitude · mass · horde · assembly · grouping · aggregation · convocation
squawk
Harsh grating bird cry
keening · wailing · mewing · cacophony · clamor · raucous · piercing · shrill · strident · harsh
dupe
Deceive or victim
con · swindle · hoax · bamboozle · sucker · naive · credulous · mislead
plumage
Bird's complete feather coat
nesting · roosting · flight · eggs · chicks · perching · colony · webbed · preening · fledgling
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
pecking · scrounging · opportunistic · garbage · landfill · scraps · leftovers · chips · picnic · trash
shoreline
Land-water boundary
boardwalk · jetty · seawall · docks · marina · buoy · lighthouse · cliffs · breakwater · promenade
soaring
Rising effortlessly upward
circling · swooping · diving · drifting · coasting · wingspan · thermals · updraft · airborne · graceful
freedom
Absence of constraint
vacation · maritime · nautical · ocean · seafaring · sailors · fishing · portside · waterfront
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- swarmMass of moving insects
cluster · throng · multitude · mass · horde · assembly · grouping · aggregation · convocation
- beach thingsbeach, sand, waves, towel, sunscreen
- flock birdsstarlings, geese, crows, pigeons, sparrows
- Pacific CoastPacific Ocean, beach, Pacific coast, sand, Pacific beaches
- seabirdspenguin, penguins, pelican, pelicans, albatross
- waterbirdsducks, auk, geese, bittern, swans
- bird strikesbird strike, pyrotechnics, wildlife management, starlings, Canada geese
gullssongbirds
Perching birds with musical calls
nightingales · thrushes · mockingbirds · canaries · larks
- sea gullCoastal scavenging bird
- gull wingRoof-hinged vehicle door
- gully washerBrief, violent rainstorm
- herring gullLarge gray-and-white coastal gull
- stuck in someone's gulletCauses lasting resentment
- sticks in someone's gulletRemains annoyingly unacceptable
gully, gull, gullible, gullet, seagull, seagulls, gullies, gullibility, gulled