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Noun: gal  gal
  1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 litres
    - gallon
     
  2. A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second (named after Galileo)
     
  3. Alliterative term for girl (or woman)

Derived forms: gals

Type of: acceleration unit, fille, girl, miss, missy [informal], United States liquid unit, young lady, young woman

Part of: barrel, bbl

Encyclopedia: Gal, Iran