name
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Gal..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Standard Lemma guide
gal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡæl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æl
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Abbreviation of gallon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern slang.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, frail, gal, gel, girl, girlie, girly, grill, hottie, lass, lassie, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, poppet, pucelle, puss, quean, tart, wan, wench, woman child, baggage, bim, bitch, blone, broad, covess, dame, donna, feme, femme, femoid, frau, frow, gash, gentlelady, ginch, hen, ho, huwoman, lady, maness, mort, mulier, placket, pussy, queen, she, sheila, skirt, squaw, thot, tía, twist, vaginoid, wife, woman, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn, wimmin
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noun
Meaning 4
A galileo (unit of acceleration).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of guardian ad litem, an individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: law
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symbol
Meaning 6
The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: metrology
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noun
Meaning 7
alliterative term for girl (or woman)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
noun
Meaning 8
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gallon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: United States liquid unit
noun
Meaning 9
a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: acceleration unit
History
Etymology
From gallon.
From a dialectal pronunciation of girl, attested since 1795; compare gell, g'hal.
Shortened from galileo.