Seagulling vs Seagull - What's the difference?
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The practice, in ).
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The practice of using a outboard.
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The practice of working as a non-union casual stevedore.
* 1995 , Bryan Gould, Goodbye to All That , Macmillan (1995), ISBN 0-333-63800X,
* 1997 , Phillip Knightley, A Hack's Progress , J. Cape (1997), ISBN 9780224043991,
* 2001 , Archie Green, Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture , University of North Carolina Press (2001), ISBN 9780807826058,
Any of several white, often dark backed birds of the family Laridae having long pointed wings and short legs.
(orthography) The symbol , which combines under a letter as a sort of accent.
(UK, slang) A fan or member of .
To run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play.
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To use a outboard.
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(New Zealand) To work as a non-union casual stevedore.
* 1964 , O. E. Middleton, A Walk on the Beach , M. Joseph (1964),
* 1981 , Parliamentary Debates , Volume 437,
* 1993 , Beryl Fletcher, The Iron Mouth , Spinifex Press (1993), ISBN 9781875559220,
Seagulling is a derived term of seagull.
In context|boating|_|slang|lang=en terms the difference between seagulling and seagull
is that seagulling is the practice of using a outboard while seagull is to use a outboard.As nouns the difference between seagulling and seagull
is that seagulling is the practice, in ) while seagull is any of several white, often dark backed birds of the family laridae having long pointed wings and short legs.As verbs the difference between seagulling and seagull
is that seagulling is (seagull) while seagull is to run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play.seagulling
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Noun
(-)Rugby: Oval ball gazing for 2011 World Cup", Otago Daily Times , 28 December 2009:
- Jack has to cut out the seagulling and get in and do the dirty work.
- I'm going take the boat out and do some seagulling .
News From Bermuda - 2011 R. I. S. R", The Gull , September 2011:
- The Seagull and Heineken gods were with us — what a wonderful day weather wise — an ideal Seagulling race day — winds were light — and crossing the harbour to Sandys Boat Club at 7.15am the water was glassy.
Camden Sutherland's 'Waikato Bullet Boat'", The Gull , March 2012:
- It isn't often young people get involved in Seagulling , never mind build their own boat to do so.
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- Sometimes I went down to the Wellington wharves for what was called 'seagulling' , where I joined a crowd of other men just before 8 a.m., hoping to be given the nod for a day's work.
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- After two months there was a lull on the waterfront, seagulling declined, and I had to seek another job. By this time my hands were hard and I actually looked like a labourer, so the New Zealand Posts and Telegraph department took me on as a linesman.
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- As a young shipwright, I heard old timers warn me against seagulling or bypassing the union hall while seeking work.
Verb
(head)seagull
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(wikipedia seagull)Alternative forms
* sea gull * sea-gullNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (bird) gullDerived terms
* seagullingVerb
(en verb)Sharks beached at Stradey", BBC Sport , 13 December 2002:
- On hand was seagulling number eight Dave Hodges to cross for the all-important try.
Australia survives scare", The Age , 2 November 2003:
- That occurred in the 12th minute when flanker George Smith, seagulling out wide, enjoyed the rewards of a two-man overlap to score.
Impeccable France outclasses Ireland", The Age , 10 November 2003:
- France was full of running and continued to spread the ball wide or kick in behind the defence, where towering right-winger Aurelien Rougerie and the seagulling French back row had a height advantage contesting the high ball.
Injuries sour Wallabies 67-5 win over USA", MSN NZ , 24 September 2011:
- Samo seagulled for Australia's final try two minutes from time.
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- Bill had been seagulling on the wharf since he got back from the war.
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- At that time many of them seagulled on the Mt Maunganui wharf to make a crust in order to carry on with their ideal of kiwifruit as a major exporting industry.
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- The only stories he told of his life were of how hard he had worked, seagulling on the wharf, standing in blood and guts at the Works, loading trucks with sacks of fertiliser and grain at the Farmers' Co-op.