gal
1a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
Origin of gal
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Other definitions for gal (2 of 4)
a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
Origin of gal
2Other definitions for gal. (3 of 4)
gallon; gallons.
Other definitions for Gal. (4 of 4)
Galatians.
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How to use gal in a sentence
Reports followed that the HBO Max project, set to begin production this spring, would be a 10-episode limited series titled And Just Like That and featuring the original gal pals in their 50s.
We expect police officers to be the good guys and good gals.
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail | by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press | September 23, 2020 | ProPublicaWith some, though, there was nothing to be done to help a kosher gal out.
Missy, 37, is a petite, bespectacled gal with a green pixie cut, and her arms are adorned with tattoos.
Masters of Alt Sex: SuicideGirls Hits Puberty and Wants to Invade Your TV Set | Marlow Stern | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore she headlined the Playboy resorts, Joan Rivers was the funny gal in a spirited trio that played in hip nightclubs.
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 Star | Marlow Stern | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne must “prepare thyself” and “play as a team” while also making sure not to “be that guy/gal.”
She's been hired out a spell in Jacksonville,—nuss to a little gal, and now she's gwine home.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesMy sweet gal,” he said affably touching his cap, “is Capting Laidlaw within?
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneThere is a vast difference between memy condition, I meanand the gal and her mother.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonKeeps her gal in high school when shed ought to be in a store or a factory, earnin her keep.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonI suggested that the gal pay the rent for December; itll be due in a day or two.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for gal (1 of 5)
/ (ɡæl) /
slang a girl
British Dictionary definitions for gal (2 of 5)
/ (ɡæl) /
a unit of acceleration equal to 1 centimetre per second per second
Origin of gal
2British Dictionary definitions for GAL (3 of 5)
/ text messaging /
get a life
British Dictionary definitions for gal. (4 of 5)
gallon
British Dictionary definitions for Gal. (5 of 5)
/ Bible /
Galatians
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Scientific definitions for gal.
Abbreviation of gallon
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