gal

1. 1.

   United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

   Synonymsgallon

   BroaderUnited States liquid unit

   Part ofbarrel

   Partsquart
2. 2.

   a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)

   Broaderacceleration unit
3. 3.

   alliterative term for girl (or woman)

   Broadergirl

   colloquialism

Other forms of gal

plural

gals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gal

What does gal mean?

gal means "United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gal?

gal has 1 syllable: gal. In IPA it is /ˈɡæl/.

What is another word for gal?

Close synonyms include gallon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gal a common word?

gal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.