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/ɡal
/noun informal, chiefly North American
A girl or young woman.Pedal pushers and prom queens, floral corsages and full skirts, gingham checks and clinched waists - all were the essence of Fifties style, of a time when girls were gals and boys were teddies....
- Call me sentimental, but I'm going to miss the old gal.
- If Augusta did decide to admit women, which is fine by me, it's safe to say the guys would play with guys and gals with gals, like they do everywhere else.
Origin
Late 18th century: representing a pronunciation.
Rhymes
gal2
/ɡal/noun Physics
A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second.
Origin
Early 20th century: named after Galileo Galilei.