gal

[ gal ]

/ gæl /

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noun Informal: Sometimes Offensive.

a term used to refer to a girl or woman.

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Origin of gal

First recorded in 1785–95; orig. dial. pronunciation of girl

Usage note

See girl.

gal

[ gal ]

/ gæl /

noun

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

Origin of gal

First recorded in 1910–15; named after Galileo

gal.

gallon; gallons.

Gal.

Galatians.

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That gal radiates a desire to win so raw it chills the blood.
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So Devil go an' lock up the gal in a bar, an' lef' the old lady to watch if the gal is going to get 'way.
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No doubt the chief got to tellin' her of Allen Rivers's shanty, of his wife and kids, and set her wishin' fer the gal.
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Talking an' talking they bring up some talk about this gal, that everybody go for her she refuse.
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The dep'ty he 'lowed ez no gal hed ever made so much fun o' him, an' Amos 'lowed ez D'rindy didn't make game o' him.
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No, Jim you never forgot that, and you never will; and how do you s'pose Mansfield will feel ef you leave his gal in the same fix?
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British Dictionary definitions for gal

gal

/ (ɡæl) /

noun

slang a girl

noun

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

Word Origin for gal

C20: named after Galileo

GAL

/ text messaging /

abbreviation for

get a life

gal.

gall.

abbreviation for

gallon

Gal.

/ Bible /

abbreviation for

Galatians

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Word Origin and History for gal

gal

slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."

Medicine definitions for gal

gal.

abbr.

gallon

Science definitions for gal

gal.

Abbreviation of gallon

gal

noun Informal: Sometimes Offensive.

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