A person who is made to appear ridiculous by, or is in the control of, another; spec. a person who is tricked or duped; a gullible person. Now…

In allusive use (from the ease with which the woodcock is taken in a snare or net), in reference to capture by some trickery, or as a type of…

A fool, simpleton; one who is befooled or derided, a dupe.

cant. The victim of a swindler; a dupe. Obsolete.

A silly fellow, fool, ninny; a simpleton, one easily ‘taken in’.

figurative.. A ready source, esp. of regular income or profit; a person from whom money is easily drawn.

figurative. One that will bite at any bait or swallow anything: a credulous, gullible person.

The victim or target of a swindler; a dupe; a gullible person. Now historical.

A victim of burglary or deception; a dupe.

A credulous person; one easily imposed upon; a dupe, simpleton, fool. †to grope a gull: to swindle an unsuspecting person: cf. to pluck a pigeon, †a…

cant.(a) A dupe or victim. Obsolete. (b) A courtesan or prostitute. Obsolete.

In extended use. A foolish person, a gull. Obsolete.

a playful amplification of gull = ‘simpleton’, with reference to the bird of that name: cf. also to pluck a finch.

One who is cheated.

colloquial. A foolish or contemptible person; spec. (esp. in old goat) an offensive or objectionable old person (typically a man); frequently as a…

figurative. ‘Plaything’, ‘sport’.

One easily cheated, a dupe, gull, tool. Obsolete.

A fool, dupe, simpleton; = cull, n.2

One who is cheated or imposed upon (e.g. by a sharper, strumpet, etc.); a dupe, gull; one easily deceived or taken in; a silly fellow, simpleton…

A person who is or may be easily cheated or hoodwinked; a dupe. Cf. bubble, v. 5. Obsolete.

figurative. Applied to persons. A simpleton; one who is cheated; esp. one who speculates and loses his money.

A stupid or intellectually unsophisticated person; a fool.

In extended use: a person who speaks. Originally cant. A person who talks foolishly; a slow-witted or gullible person; a fool, a dupe. Now Irish En…

A person who allows himself to be deceived or deluded; one who is misled by false representations or notions; a victim of deception. Const. of…

A dupe, silly fellow, simpleton, fool; a man, fellow, chap.

A person who is cheated; a dupe. Cf. bubble, n. 3.

Criminals' slang. A person marked out to be cheated or fooled; = mark, n.1 26b. Obsolete.

slang. A fool, a simpleton. Now usually: spec. (frequently used to refer to oneself) (a name applied to) a person who is duped, outwitted, or taken…

= cully, n.

A cow bred or kept for milk; a cow yielding milk. Also figurative: a ready or reliable source of income or profit.

slang. A person who is easily taken in, and is said to be ‘only half sharp’; a duffer, simpleton. Cf. A. 8 a prime flat (see quot. 1819).

One who will swallow anything; a credulous person, a simpleton; Nautical, a marine.

Originally Irish English; later U.S. slang and colloquial. A foolish, weak, or ineffectual person, esp. one who is gullible or easily imposed upon…

One who is gagged; the victim of a ‘gag’ or deception.

figurative. A greenhorn, simpleton. Originally North American.

One who is hoaxed; the victim of a hoax.

depreciative. A person considered to lack intelligence or common sense, or to be easily imposed on or deceived; a foolish, silly, or simple…

One who is ‘behind the times’, a fogy. (See also quot. 1889.)

A person with a tart or snappy disposition (quot. 1863). More usually (slang), a simpleton, a loser; a person easily deluded or taken advantage of…

A simpleton, one easily ‘taken in’ or imposed upon.

Chiefly Australian, New Zealand (depreciative). A fool; a naive, gullible, or unintelligent person. Also: an unsophisticated person; a country…

A person who is easily taken advantage of, esp. by being deceived, cheated, or blamed for something; a dupe, a scapegoat. Also in extended use.

A fool, someone easily taken in; also, an uncultured or unsophisticated person. dialect and U.S. slang.

a person who ‘takes the fall’ for others, a scapegoat (cf. to take the fall at phrases 2b); (also) a person who is easily tricked or taken…

(a) A dupe, an ‘easy mark’. (b) A homosexual man. slang (originally U.S.).

A simpleton, a fool.

easy meat (colloquial): someone or something overcome, mastered, or persuaded without difficulty; anything compassed with ease. Similarly easy game…

A slow-witted, awkward, or gullible person; a fool, dupe; a bore. U.S. slang.

cant and colloquial. A person who is easily persuaded, deceived, or taken advantage of; a victim targeted by a swindler, cheat, etc. Frequently…

an experienced or knowledgeable man; usually ironic or derog., a know-all, a wiseacre; someone who makes sarcastic or annoying remarks; also…

A victim of a swindler; a dupe. Now rare.

colloquial (originally U.S.). A person, group, team, etc., incapable of effective resistance; a person who is easily persuaded, outwitted, or…

U.S. slang. A gullible or easily-fooled person, a dupe; esp. a potential victim of a swindle or confidence trick. Cf. mark, n.1 26.

A foolish or naive person, a sucker, a dupe. Cf. schnook, n.

A girl resembling Gretchen; a German girl or woman. Also used attributively to denote typically German hairstyles, etc., as Gretchen braid, plait…

= juggins, n.

A foolish or naive person, a sucker, a dupe.

(a) an opponent who is easily defeated; a task that is easily handled; spec. an easily committed crime; (b) a person who can easily be persuaded or…

slang. A selected victim of a thief or pickpocket, a mark. Now rare.

Rhyming slang. = mug, n.5 1; also spec. a homosexual man, esp. one who seeks passive partners.

slang. The victim of a swindler or confidence trickster.

A fool or simpleton; spec. one who is duped by a trickster.

colloquial. name applied to a ‘dumb’ person, a mug; also, more generally, a quite ordinary person, any person.

slang (usually derogatory). Australian. A fool, a simpleton, a gull. Now rare.

Australian slang. = Moreton Bay fig n. (b) at sense 1d; (also) a victim of a confidence trick.

a person easily manipulated; spec. one easily induced to part with money. Cf. soft touch n. at soft, adj. compounds 2a.