gal1
[gal]
- a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
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Origin of gal1
First recorded in 1785–95; orig. dial. pronunciation of girl
Usage note
See girl.
gal2
[gal]
- a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
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Origin of gal2
First recorded in 1910–15; named after Galileo
gal.
- gallon; gallons.
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Gal.
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Examples from the Web for gal
Contemporary Examples
Once we got that big hair on her, she found her inner Italian; her inner Long Island gal.
Jonathan Demme on Gaza, Transphobia in ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ and Meryl Streep as a Rock StarMarlow Stern
July 25, 2014
That would be Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, the gal who discovered radioactive polonium.
Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress and supermodel, has been charged with bringing the super heroine to the big screen.
Not only is Gal an amazing actress, but she also has that magical quality that makes her perfect for the role.
That gal radiates a desire to win so raw it chills the blood.
Historical Examples
He'll be out for de goods; it's a gal owns him, an' dere'll be nut'in' doin'.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Then a gal cum out on hoss back and commenced ridin' around.
Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre StoriesCal Stewart
An account of the execution of some pirates, which she had witnessed when a "gal," was popular.
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
Come, Thaney gal, we'll go in th' house 'n' find pappy 'n' gra'mammy.
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
And Pete, he found gold and I reckon he told his gal where the gold was.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
gal1
- slang a girl
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gal2
- a unit of acceleration equal to 1 centimetre per second per second
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Word Origin
C20: named after Galileo
GAL
- get a life
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gal.
gall.
- gallon
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Gal.
- Galatians
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Word Origin and History for gal
n.
slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
gal.
- gallon
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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gal.
- Abbreviation of gallon
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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