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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Gal.
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/ ɡæl /
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Scientific
Sensitivity
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
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Next up came the second part’s “Say It’s Not You,” George Jones’s plaintive, twangy ballad about a man’s fears that his gal is being unfaithful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Is the old gal slipping, or is the costume design?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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
These bites can cause the immune system to become sensitive to alpha gal, a sugar naturally found in meat from mammals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
Tea Cake ain’t wasted up no money of mine, and he ain’t left me for no young gal, neither.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
"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
“Quiet, gal. There’s enough trouble awake without stirring more. We’ll talk on the boat.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
They are, therefore, greatly mistaken, who conclude from Paul's not circumcising of Titus, Gal. ii.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
Sunday after Christmas, Mark i. 1-8; Gal. i. 11-19.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
I then spoke a few words from Gal. vi.
From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by J. George (John George) Hodgins
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
See Matt. vii: 12, and Gal. v: 14.
From The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition by Joseph Bates
A GAL looks out for a person who is allegedly incapable of making their own decisions.
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 had speed to press the pace between horses then stalked just off the rail on the turn and into the stretch and weakened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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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