gal
283
7.7
- noun
- /ɡæl/
- Informal
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chica
- Anyway, my first year of law school I met a gal who was in my class.
This guy over here, this gal, they're probably gals.
- This guy over here, this gal, they're probably gals.
- OK, there's a gal on Etsy, OK?
- Anyway, my first year of law school I met a gal who was in my class.
- I got to just pull this up and give this gal a shout out Hannah.
- And he said something like, hey, guys and gals, I've noticed a pattern.
- So I think a big gal like that, take her back, man.
- Because I'm a boots gal, I go straight from slides to uggs.
- Like if you want to become that guy or gal, like what do you do?
Examples
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He spent eight years wooing the same gal.
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Any questions about the firm or the lawyers, I'm your gal.
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Anyway, my first year of law school I met a gal who was in my class.
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I'm not a water sports gal, as you know.
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I actually met the gal who formulated this line.
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Maybe I was just a fast-talking career gal who thought she was one of the boys.
Fiction book (1994) -
Naw, I just come by cause I want to give a little something to my favorite little gal.
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I guess I'm just the kind of gal that can't stay down too long.
Fiction book (1993) -
Turns out she's a makeup gal from clear over in New Orleans.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm excited to go out with a gal who shares my interests.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Adult females considered together as a group
∞
1.0
A polite or respectful word for a woman
∞
1.0
A grown woman who meets and talks with other women
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1.0
A girl or young woman in her teens to early twenties
61
4.4
A woman or girl spoken to in a warm, slightly old-fashioned way
44
7.7
An old informal word for a woman often used in films
41
4.8
A girl or young woman
35
9.5
A Scottish word for a girl or young woman
19
2.8
A young woman or girl called in a polite, friendly way
12
9.3
A friendly informal word for a woman or girl
5
9.9
An informal, playful word people use for a girl or young woman
5
9.1
An informal, friendly name for a girlfriend or young woman
2
9.9
A woman or girl in informal Australian English
1
9.9
A friendly name for a young woman used to show that you like her
1
9.2
An informal, playful way to spell girl used online
Compounds
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gal is a friendly short form of girl that grew in American English, so calling someone a gal is an informal way to say 'girl' or 'woman'.