gally

[ gal-ee ]

verb (used with object)

, Chiefly Dialect.

, gal·lied, gal·ly·ing.

1. to frighten or scare.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gally¹

1695–1705; compare earlier gallow, apparently representing Old English agælwan to frighten

Example Sentences

“Gally is Gally — he’s got marks all over his face every game,” Richardson said.

From Seattle Times

“Gally is Gally. He’s got marks all over his face every game,” Richardson said Tuesday.

From Seattle Times

New zoo exhibits include giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji, Amur tiger Mitas, Przewalski’s horse mother-son duo Barbie and Cooper, Komodo dragon juvenile Onyx, Andean bear Brienne, American bison Lucy and Gally, California sea lion Charger and North American beaver Poplar, a wallaby joey and a kudu calf, according to a zoo press statement.

From Washington Times

“There’s extensive primary source documentation to show the American colonies were bases of operation for pirates,” said Bailey, 53, who holds a degree in anthropology from the University of Rhode Island and worked as an archaeological assistant on explorations of the Wydah Gally pirate ship wreck off Cape Cod in the late 1980s.

From Washington Post

“There’s extensive primary source documentation to show the American colonies were bases of operation for pirates,” said Bailey, 53, who holds a degree in anthropology from the University of Rhode Island and worked as an archaeological assistant on explorations of the Wydah Gally pirate ship wreck off Cape Cod in the late 1980s.

From Washington Times

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