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View usage for: Definition a girl a Southern gal who wanted to make it in the movies Synonyms girl dame (old-fashioned, or derogatory, slang, or, mainly US, Canadian) colleen (Irish) lassie (informal) charlie (Australian, slang, old-fashioned) Additional synonymsDefinition a young woman The fairytale was about a damsel in distress. Synonyms maiden (archaic, literary), girl, virgin, maid (archaic, literary), miss (old-fashioned, derogatory), nymph (poetic), lass, lassie (informal), wench Definition a female person, animal, or plant A slightly higher proportion of young females go to university than young males. Synonyms woman, girl, lady, lass, sheila (Australian, New Zealand, slang), charlie (Australian, old-fashioned, slang), chook (Australian, slang, offensive), wahine (New Zealand) Definition a polite name for a woman She's a very sweet old lady. Synonyms woman, female, girl, miss (old-fashioned, derogatory), maiden (archaic), maid (archaic), lass, damsel (archaic, poetic), lassie (informal), charlie (Australian, old-fashioned, slang), chook (Australian, slang, derogatory), wahine (New Zealand) - gainful
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Additional synonymsDefinition a girl or young woman She's a Lancashire lass from Longton, near Preston. Synonyms girl, young woman, miss (old-fashioned, derogatory), maiden, maid (archaic), damsel (archaic, poetic), colleen (Irish), lassie (informal), wench (facetious), charlie (Australian, old-fashioned, slang) Definition an adult female human being I asked the woman at the desk for an application form. Synonyms lady, girl, female (derogatory), dame (slang, US, Canadian), sheila (Australian, New Zealand, informal), vrou (South Africa), maiden (archaic), maid (archaic), gal (slang), lass, lassie (informal), adult female, she, charlie (Australian, slang, old-fashioned), femme, wahine (New Zealand) (gæl) Word forms: plural galscountable nounGal is used in written English to represent the word 'girl' as it is pronounced in a particular accent. ...a Southern gal who wants to make it in the movies. Synonyms: girl, woman, lady, dame [old-fashioned, or derogatory, slang, or, mainly US, Canadian] More Synonyms of gal also gal. gal is a written abbreviation for gallon or , gallons. Diesel cost over £1/gal in some places. girl in British English 1 (ɡɜːl) noun1. a female child from birth to young womanhood 2. a young unmarried woman; lass; maid 3. informal a sweetheart or girlfriend 4. informal a woman of any age 5. an informal word for daughter 6. a female employee, esp a female servant 7. South Africa derogatory a Black female servant of any age 8. the girls ▶ USAGE The use of girl as in meaning 4, to refer to a woman of any age, is highly likely to be considered old-fashionedor to cause offence (ɡæl) nouna unit of acceleration equal to 1 centimetre per second per second Word origin C20: named after Galileo gallon in British English (ˈɡælən) noun1. Also called: imperial gallon British a unit of capacity equal to 277.42 cubic inches. 1 Brit gallon is equivalent to 1.20 US gallons or 4.55 litres 2. US a unit of capacity equal to 231 cubic inches. 1 US gallon is equivalent to 0.83 imperial gallon or 3.79 litres 3. (plural) great quantities Galatians in British English (ɡəˈleɪʃənz, -ʃɪənz) noun(functioning as singular) a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians) gal in American English 1 (gæl) gal in American English 2 (gæl) noun a unit of acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second: used in gravimetry gal in American English 3 Examples of 'gal' in a sentencegal Word lists withgal text messaging, abbreviations and symbols |