Gall (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. impudence; effrontery.
  2. bile, especially that of an animal.
  3. something bitter or severe.
  4. bitterness of spirit; rancor.
Idioms
  1. bitterness of spirit; deep resentment.
verb (used with object)
  1. to vex or irritate greatly: His arrogant manner galls me.
  2. to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back.
verb (used without object)
  1. to be or become chafed.
  2. (of either of two engaging metal parts) to lose metal to the other because of heat or molecular attraction resulting from friction.
  3. (of a die or compact in powder metallurgy) to lose surface material through adhesion to the die.
noun
  1. something very vexing or irritating.
  2. a state of vexation or irritation.
  3. a sore on the skin, especially of a horse, due to rubbing; excoriation.
noun
  1. any abnormal vegetable growth or excrescence on a plant, caused by various agents, as insects, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and mechanical injuries.
noun
  1. leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
noun
  1. impudence
  2. bitterness; rancour
  3. something bitter or disagreeable
  4. physiol an obsolete term for bile 1
  5. an obsolete term for gall bladder
noun
  1. a sore on the skin caused by chafing
  2. something that causes vexation or annoyance
  3. irritation; exasperation
verb
  1. to abrade (the skin, etc) as by rubbing
  2. to irritate or annoy; vex
noun
  1. an abnormal outgrowth in plant tissue caused by certain parasitic insects, fungi, bacteria, or mechanical injury
abbreviation for
  1. gallon
    Gall (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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