noun Informal.
a girl or woman.
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a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
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Gal.
gal.
gallon; gallons.
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gal1 (ɡæl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| slang a girl | |
| gal2 (ɡæl) | |
| —n | |
| a unit of acceleration equal to 1 centimetre per second per second | |
| [C20: named after | |
| GAL | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| get a life | |
| gal. or gall. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| gallon | |
| gall. or gall. | |
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| Gal. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Galatians | |
| gall. or gal. | |
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| gallon | |
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Word Origin & History
gal
slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
gal. abbr.
gallon
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Science Dictionary
| gal.
Abbreviation of gallon |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| GAL get a life |
| gal. gallon |
| Gal. Galatians |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
gal
unit of acceleration, named in honour of the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and used especially in measurements of gravity. One gal equals a change in rate of motion of one centimetre (0.3937 inch) per second per second.
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