gals

Origin

gals.

gallons.
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gal

1[gal]
noun Informal.
a girl or woman.

Origin:
1785–95; orig. dial. pronunciation of girl


See girl.

gal

2[gal]
noun
a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.

Origin:
1910–15; named after Galileo
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gal
slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."
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