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gal en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɡæl/

Etymology

From gallon.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of gallon.
    alt of gallon

Forms

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gal Number=Plur lexicographic
gals Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “gal” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

gal en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɡæl/

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of girl, attested since 1795; compare gell, g'hal.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern slang.

Forms

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Coordinates

guy

Deriveds

wise gal · transgal · fangal · wastegal · attagal · galfriend · gal game · best gal · cowgal · gally · Galentine's Day · galpal · gal pal

Descendants

gella · ギャル

Relateds

kogal · galge

Synonyms

minoress · skirt · lassie · huwoman · grill · babe · tía · hottie · donna · womxn · covess · mort · bird · vaginoid · femoid · babe · maness · wan · bim · cake · little girl · gash · dame · colleen · ginch · queen · bird · placket · broad · girly · moggy · frow · maggie · woman · blone · she · puss · ho · elrig · gel · girl · frau · squaw · gentlelady · lass · lady · chick · mulier · pussy · sheila · gal · gal · cutty · woman child · hen · maid child · maid · damoiselle · womon · maiden · girlie · damsel · bint · poppet · baggage · miss · wan · frail · wife · missy · tart · wench · bint · feme · bitch · quean · chick · femme · twist · womyn · wommon · wimmin · thot · pucelle

Source: en.wiktionary, “gal” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

gal en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɡæl/

Etymology

Shortened from galileo.

Meanings

  1. A galileo (unit of acceleration).

Forms

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Gal symbol lexicographic

Deriveds

milligal

Relateds

gal-iron (etymologically unrelated terms containing "gal") · X-gal (etymologically unrelated terms containing "gal")