pal
an accomplice.
to associate as comrades or chums: to pal around with the kid next door.
Origin of pal
1Words Nearby pal
Other definitions for PAL (2 of 5)
a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kilograms) to overseas members of the armed forces: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged.
Origin of PAL
2- Compare SAM1 (def. 2).
Other definitions for PAL (3 of 5)
Police Athletic League.
Other definitions for pal. (4 of 5)
paleography.
paleontology.
Other definitions for Pal. (5 of 5)
Palestine.
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How to use pal in a sentence
Results of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, known as PALS, showed that the percentage of kindergartners, first-graders and second-graders meeting literacy benchmarks dropped slightly, by single-digits, for every age group.
Virginia schools plan gradual reopening as evidence of online learning gap piles up | Hannah Natanson | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostKnow your goalEvery communication or message, from talking to your pal on the phone to addressing the nation on national television, has an objective.
These public speaking techniques can help you look smart on video calls | Sandra Gutierrez G. | October 6, 2020 | Popular-ScienceYou can let the person stay relatively dark— but allow the clouds to shine—or you can properly expose your pal, and have the sky get blown out and lose most of its color and detail.
Photoshop will soon use AI to add dramatic skies to your boring photos | Stan Horaczek | September 23, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSo she started an Instagram account, offering to connect potential pen pals.
Letter-writing staved off lockdown loneliness. Now it’s getting out the vote. | Tanya Basu | September 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewPerhaps best of all, this scooter comes with a carrying strap so you can stay handsfree, or carry coffee for you and a pal without leaving your new favorite mode of transportation behind.
The best scooters for a smooth commute or cruise | PopSci Commerce Team | September 3, 2020 | Popular-Science
And back in February, he lost a close pal in Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange | Marlow Stern | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGrant's pal Howard Hughes offered to fly them back to Los Angeles in his private plane.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA few weeks later, Valentino and her pal, an aspiring actress named Meg Foster, met Cosby again at Café Figaro.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004 | Marlow Stern | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd your pal Laura Dern recently said you were “cooking up” your next one.
David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation, ‘Twin Peaks,’ and Collaborating With Kanye West | Marlow Stern | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou can up the ante even more by signing a contract agreeing to pay a pal $20 every time you skip Pilates.
4 Science-Backed Ways to Motivate Yourself to Work Out | DailyBurn | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut she was an exquisitely pretty and engaging little thing, a grand little pal, and worth cultivating.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonIf I felt that I could leave her in your charge, all on the square, as a real straight pal—I should go away happy.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThey must have found out their pal here was going to sing and figured he probably told us too much already.
When Phil's pal left us he went wandering down the hillside, talking to himself.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for pal (1 of 3)
/ (pæl) informal /
a close friend; comrade
an accomplice
(intr; usually foll by with or about) to associate as friends
Origin of pal
1- See also pal up
British Dictionary definitions for PAL (2 of 3)
/ (pæl) /
phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe
British Dictionary definitions for Pal. (3 of 3)
Palestine
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