"cully" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌli/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-cully.ogg [Australia] Forms: cullies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌli Etymology: Uncertain. Short for cullion? Compare Irish cuallaí (“companion”) Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|cullion}} cullion, {{m|ga|cuallaí||companion}} cuallaí (“companion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cully (plural cullies)
  1. (archaic) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-cully-en-noun-L93O0iSj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 18 14 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 13 11 9
  2. (slang) A companion. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cully-en-noun-2yK7IlpB
  3. (historical, archaic) A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk. Tags: archaic, historical Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-cully-en-noun-HVLPfNdH Disambiguation of Prostitution: 21 18 53 8

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌli/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-cully.ogg [Australia] Forms: cullies [present, singular, third-person], cullying [participle, present], cullied [participle, past], cullied [past]
Rhymes: -ʌli Etymology: Uncertain. Short for cullion? Compare Irish cuallaí (“companion”) Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|cullion}} cullion, {{m|ga|cuallaí||companion}} cuallaí (“companion”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cully (third-person singular simple present cullies, present participle cullying, simple past and past participle cullied)
  1. To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
    Sense id: en-cully-en-verb-U8gK3d~z

Inflected forms

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