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GAL
gal
(noun) alliterative term for girl (or woman)
gallon, gal
(noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
gal
(noun) a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Gal
Alternative form of Gal.
Symbol
Gal
(metrology) The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.
Anagrams
• AGL, ALG, Alg., GLA, LAG, LGA, lag
Etymology 1
Noun
gal (plural gal or gals)
Abbreviation of gallon.
Etymology 2
Noun
gal (plural gals)
(colloquial) A young woman.
Usage notes
As with many colloquial terms relating to women (including, in some cases, "girl" itself), some may perceive the usage of this term to be derogatory. The word, however, is fairly neutral in and of itself.
Synonyms
• See also girl
Etymology 3
Noun
gal
A galileo (a unit of acceleration).
Anagrams
• AGL, ALG, Alg., GLA, LAG, LGA, lag
Noun
GAL
(legal) 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.
Anagrams
• AGL, ALG, Alg., GLA, LAG, LGA, lag
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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