gal

¹

[gal]

noun

Informal: Sometimes Offensive.

1. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.

gal

²

[gal]

noun

1. a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.

gal.

³

abbreviation

1. gallon; gallons.

Gal.

⁴

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Galatians.

gal

¹

/ ɡæl /

noun

1. slang,  a girl

gal

²

/ ɡæl /

noun

1. a unit of acceleration equal to 1 centimetre per second per second

Gal.

³

abbreviation

1. Galatians

gal.

⁴

abbreviation

1. gallon

GAL

⁵

abbreviation

1. get a life

gal.

1. Abbreviation of gallon

Sensitive Note

See girl.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gal.¹

First recorded in 1785–95; originally, a dialectal pronunciation of girl

Origin of gal.²

First recorded in 1910–15; named after Galileo

Word History and Origins

Origin of gal.¹

C20: named after _Galileo

Example Sentences

At this year’s festival, ladies in corsets did more damage than gals in padded gloves.

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I take no pleasure in hating “With Love, Meghan” — Markle is a local gal who inarguably got a very bum deal in her early married life, and I honestly want her to succeed.

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The crime-fighting combo of a roguish guy and a no-nonsense gal is familiar from “Moonlighting” and “Castle.”

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L.A. was the place where this Motown gal believed her dreams of new beginnings with happy endings could come true.

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You know that Mark Twain quote, “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”? Here, it’s an echoey reverb with all the panicked gals shouting at once.

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Related Words

• female 
• girl 
• woman