gall

gall ¹

 (gôl)

n.

1. Outrageous insolence; effrontery: After borrowing my car, he had the gall to complain about its seats.

2.

a. Bitterness of feeling; rancor.

b. Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat.

3. See bile.

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[Middle English galle, gallbladder, bile, courage, from Old English gealla, galla, bile; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]

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gall ²

 (gôl)

n.

1. A skin sore caused by friction and abrasion: a saddle gall.

2.

a. Exasperation; vexation.

b. The cause of such vexation.

v. galled, gall·ing, galls

v.tr.

1. To irk or exasperate; vex: It galled me to have to wait outside.

2. To wear away or make sore by abrasion; chafe:

v.intr.

To become worn or sore by abrasion.

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[Middle English galle, from Old English gealla, possibly from Latin galla, nutgall.]

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gall ³

 (gôl)

n.

An abnormal growth of plant tissue caused by an organism, such as an insect, mite, or bacterium, or by a wound.

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[Middle English galle, from Old French, from Latin galla, nutgall.]

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gall

(ɡɔːl)

n

1. informal impudence

2. bitterness; rancour

3. something bitter or disagreeable

4. (Physiology) physiol an obsolete term for bile¹

5. (Anatomy) an obsolete term for gallbladder

[from Old Norse, replacing Old English gealla; related to Old High German galla, Greek kholē]

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gall

(ɡɔːl)

n

1. (Pathology) a sore on the skin caused by chafing

2. something that causes vexation or annoyance: a gall to the spirits.

3. irritation; exasperation

vb

4. (Pathology) pathol to abrade (the skin, etc) as by rubbing

5. (tr) to irritate or annoy; vex

[C14: of Germanic origin; related to Old English gealla sore on a horse, and perhaps to gall¹]

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gall

(ɡɔːl)

n

(Plant Pathology) an abnormal outgrowth in plant tissue caused by certain parasitic insects, fungi, bacteria, or mechanical injury

[C14: from Old French galle, from Latin galla]

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gall¹

(gɔl)

n.

1. audacity; impudence; effrontery.

2. bile (def. 1).

3. something bitter or severe.

4. bitterness of spirit; rancor.

[before 900; Old English galla, gealla, c. Old High German galla; akin to Latin fel, Greek cholḗ gall, bile]

gall²

(gɔl)
v.t.

1. to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back.

2. to irritate greatly: An arrogant manner galls me.

v.i.

3. to be or become chafed.

n.

4. a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse, due to rubbing.

5. something very vexing or irritating.

6. a state of vexation or irritation.

[before 1000; Middle English galle, perhaps < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German gall, akin to Old English gealla sore on a horse]

gall³

(gɔl)

n.

any abnormal outgrowth or swelling in a plant, as from viral damage, insect egg deposits, or chemical irritants.

[1350–1400; Middle English galle < Middle French < Latin galla gallnut. See gall²]

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gall

(gôl)

An abnormal swelling of plant tissue, caused by insects, microorganisms, or injury.

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gall

- As in gallbladder, it refers to a secretion of the liver or to bile.

See also related terms for secretion.

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gall

Past participle: galled
Gerund: galling

Imperative

gall

gall

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gall - an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle saddle sore animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
	2.	gall - a skin sore caused by chafing sore - an open skin infection saddle sore - sore on a horseback rider chafed by a saddle
	3.	gall - abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury plant tissue - the tissue of a plant oak apple - oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp
	4.	gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" heartburning - intense resentment; "his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals" huffishness, sulkiness - a feeling of sulky resentment grievance, grudge, score - a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" enviousness, envy - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
	5.	gall - a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats bile digestive fluid, digestive juice - secretions that aid digestion
	6.	gall - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties cheekiness, insolence, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness rudeness, discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insulting chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
Verb	1.	gall - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing chafe, fret irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
	2.	gall - irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" irk anger - make angry; "The news angered him"

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gall

verb

1. annoy, provoke, irritate, aggravate (informal), get (informal), trouble, bother, disturb, plague, madden, ruffle, exasperate, nettle, vex, displease, irk, rile (informal), peeve (informal), get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), get up your nose (informal), give someone grief (Brit. & S. African), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo slang), rub up the wrong way, get on your wick (Brit. slang), get your back up, put your back up It was their smugness that galled her most.

noun

1. growth, lump, excrescence The mites live within the galls that are formed on the plant.

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gall ¹

noun

1. The quality or state of feeling bitter:

acrimony, bitterness, embitterment, rancor, rancorousness, resentfulness, resentment, virulence, virulency.

2. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:

assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.

Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness.

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gall ²

verb

1. To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction:

abrade, chafe, excoriate, fret, irritate.

2. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:

aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.

Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.

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Translations

حِقْد، غِل، ضَغينَهصَفْراءيُضايِق، يُزْعِج

drzostrozhořčitžluč

ærgreforbitrefrækhedgalde

GalleärgernFrechheit

hielmolestaragallaatrevimientobilis

äkämäärsyttäähäiritähiertääsappi

amerbileeffronterieexaspérergalle

angra, ergjagallósvífni

bileirritaresfacciatagginegalla

akmuo tulžies pūslėjeskaudintitulžies pūslėžeisti

aizvainotbezkaunībakaitinātnekaunībažults

ambeterendurfgalgalblaasgalknobbel

forbitre

incomodar

rozhorčiť

skava

canını sıkmakküstahlıködsafrasinirlendirmek

令人恼怒厚颜无耻胆汁

gall

[gɔːl]

A. N

1. (Anat) → bilis f, hiel f

2. (Bot) → agalla f; (on animal) → matadura f

3. (fig) (= bitterness) → hiel f (= cheek) → descaro m
she had the gall to say that → tuvo el descaro de decir eso

B. VT → molestar, dar rabia a

C. CPD gall bladder N → vesícula f biliar

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gall

[ˈgɔːl]

n

→ bile f

(fig) (= cheek) → effronterie f

vt → irriter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gall

n

(Physiol) → Galle (→ nsaft m) f

(= sore) → Wundstelle f; (Bot) → Galle f; (nut-shaped) → Gallapfel m

(fig liter) → Bitternis f (geh)

(inf) → Frechheit f; to have the gall to do something → die Frechheit haben or besitzen, etw zu tun

vt (= chafe) → wund reiben or scheuern; (fig) → maßlos ärgern; it galls me that … → es ärgert mich maßlos, dass …

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gall

[gɔːl]

1. n (Anat) → bile f (fig) (impudence) → fegato, faccia (tosta)

2. vt → seccare
it galled him to have to ask permission → gli seccava dover chiedere il permesso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gall

(goːl) noun

1. a bitter liquid which is stored in the gall bladder. gal صَفْراء жлъч bílis žluč die Galle galde χολήbilis, hiel sapp زرداب sappineste bileמרה असभ्य व्यवहार žuč epe empedu gall bile, fiele 胆汁 쓸개즙 tulžis žults hempedu galgalleżółć تريخى ( ترينه )، دتريخى شنې ژړيخونى اوبه: تريخوالى bilis bilă желчь žlč žolč žuč galla น้ำดี safra, öd 膽汁 жовч حیوانی پت mật 胆汁

2. impudence. He had the gall to say he was my friend after being so rude to me. vermetelheid حِقْد، غِل، ضَغينَه нахалство atrevimento drzost die Frechheit frækhed θράσοςatrevimiento, poca vergüenza, desfachatez jultumus پر رویی julkeus effronterieחוצפה घृणा drskost arcátlanság kelancangan ósvífni impudenza, sfacciataggine 厚かましさ 뻔뻔스러움 įžūlumas bezkaunība; nekaunība kebiadaban brutaliteitfrekkhettupet سپين سترګى atrevimento tupeu наглость drzosť, bezočivosť predrznost drskost fräckhet พฤติกรรมที่หยาบคาย küstahlık 厚顏無恥 нахабство گستاخی sự trơ tráo 厚颜无耻

verb

to annoy (a person) very much. It galls me to think that he is earning so much money. grief يُضايِق، يُزْعِج дразня agoniar rozhořčit ärgern ærgre; forbitre ενοχλώ, ερεθίζωirritar, exasperar, molestar kibedust tekitama آزردن sapettaa exaspérer לְהַעֲלִיב किसी को गुस्सा दिलाना ljutiti, boljeti (meg)sért mengganggu angra, ergja infastidire いら立たせる 화나게 하다 (į)žeisti, skaudinti aizvainot; kaitināt menyakitkan hati ergerenirritere, forbitredrażnić ځورول، agoniar a exaspera злить rozhorčiť, hnevať dražiti nervirati plåga, pina, irritera ทำให้หงุดหงิด sinirlendirmek, canını sıkmak 令人惱怒 дратувати ستانا làm phiền 令人恼怒

gall bladder

an organ of the body attached to the liver, in which gall is stored. galblaas المَرارَه жлъчен мехур vesícula biliar žlučník die Gallenblase galdeblære χοληδόχος κύστηvesícula biliar sapipõis کیسه صفرا sappirakko vésicule biliaire כִּיס הַמָרָה पित्ताशय žučni mjehur epehólyag kandung empedu gallblaðra cistifellea 胆のう 쓸개 tulžies pūslė žultspūslis pundi hempedu galblaasgalleblæreworeczek żółciowy تريخى ( ترينه )، دتريخى شنې ژړيخونى اوبه: تريخوالى vesícula vezică bili­ară жёлчный пузырь žlčník žolčnik žučna kesa gallblåsa ถุงน้ำดี safra kesesi 膽囊 жовчний міхур پتّا túi mật 胆囊

ˈgallstone noun

a small hard object that is sometimes formed in the gall bladder. galsteen حَجَر المَرارَه камък в жлъчния мехур cálculo biliar žlučníkový kámen der Gallenstein galdesten πέτρα χοληδόχου κύστης cálculo biliario sapikivi سنگ صفرا sappikivi calcul biliaire אֶבֶן מָרָה पित्ताशय में पथरी žučni kamenac epekő batu empedu gallsteinn calcolo biliare 胆石 담석 akmuo tulžies pūslėje žultsakmens batu karang galsteengallesteinkamień żółciowy د صفرا ډبره pedra na vesícula cal­cul la vezica biliară жёлчный камень žlčníkový kameň žolčni kamen žučni kamen gallsten นิ่วในถุงน้ำดี safra taşı 膽石 жовчний камінь پتّے کی پتھری sỏi mật 胆石

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gall

n. bilis, hiel;

___ ducts → conductos biliares.

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