gal
noun
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
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gal
1 American
[gal]
/ gæl /
noun
Informal: Sometimes Offensive.
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/ gæl /
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Bible.
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/ ɡæl /
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Scientific
Sensitive Note
See girl.
Etymology
Origin of gal1
First recorded in 1785–95; originally, a dialectal pronunciation of girl
Origin of gal2
First recorded in 1910–15; named after Galileo
Example Sentences
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Part 1: “Travel. Down your mimosas gal we’re flying easyJet’s finest aircraft to Split, Croatia.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
In September 2023 the NRA approved Chubu Electric's estimate of 1,200 gal, a unit of acceleration used to measure the intensity of quakes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
That doctor contacted Platts Mills and his team to explore whether alpha gal sensitivity could be involved.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
That style was even referenced in the film Something's Gotta Give, in which Keaton told Jack Nicholson's character that she's "just a turtleneck kinda gal".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The cap’n said, “Is you paying ’tention, gal?
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
"Carla. The sweetest, most sparkly gal. You made every day better and brighter with your infectious positivity," Kinney wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Later we were allowed 10 gal. of gas a month.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
But each time I am like, “Oh, this is the gal. This is the one.”
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2020
“It’s ridiculous. I’ve got a first cousin that’s married to an African American gal. So their kids are biracial, and I love them just like the rest of my second cousins.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2019
He turned to Mr. Leroy, “I told you, Leroy, we should’ve got that little Collins gal. That’s one bright child there. This boy ain’t too far from being daft.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
And even in the Greek-speaking churches of St. Paul's day, that sacred word was still used side by side with its Greek equivalent, according to the witness of this and the parallel passage, Gal. iv.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
Indeed, Barnabas's vacillation at Antioch, as recorded in Gal. ii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
This condemning law is delivered in a Mediator's hand, even Jesus Christ, Gal. iii.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Gal. ii. 20.... "by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me."
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
The Bishop allegeth also a testimony out of Perkins on Gal. iv.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
It’s unclear whether this is a cart-before-the-horse move or if it’s being done in coordination with Montgomery’s GAL request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Maddd and N.Y.C.F.C. also are in contract to purchase the GAL factory.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
TIP TOP GAL close up stalking the winner outside a rival on the backstretch and turn, came three wide into the stretch and weakened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
GAL: “Get a life” and a galileo, a unit used measuring local variations in the acceleration of gravity: For some reason, whenever I start talking about the latter, I hear the former.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2015
To read this you will see you must take the first letter of each verse: TRO, Trophemus; GAL, Galliæorum; and APO, Apostolus.
From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Philip Thicknesse
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