gal

gal ¹  (gl)

n. Informal

A girl.

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[Alteration of girl.]

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gal ²  (gl)

n.

The centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.

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[After Galileo Galilei.]

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GAL Text messaging

abbreviation for

(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) get a life

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gal¹

n

Slang a girl

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gal²

n

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of acceleration equal to 1 centimetre per second per second

[named after Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gal - United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters gallon United States liquid unit - a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System quart - a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon bbl, barrel - any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"
	2.	gal - a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) acceleration unit - a unit for measuring acceleration
	3.	gal - alliterative term for girl (or woman) colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

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gal

noun girl, woman, lady, female, bird (slang), dame (slang), chick (slang), lass, damsel (archaic), colleen (Irish), lassie (informal), wench a Southern gal who wanted to make it in the movies

Translations

gal [ˈgæl] n → fille f

gal¹

n (dated inf) → Mädel nt (dated)