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noun
- 1. bold and impudent behaviour: "the bank had the gall to demand a fee" Similar
- 2. the contents of the gall bladder; bile (proverbial for its bitterness). Similar
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a gall is a kind of unusual solid mass that forms on the outer tissues of plants: The galls deform the leaves and stems of the host tree. One of the best plants to examine for galls is an oak tree. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of GALL is brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence : nerve, effrontery —usually used in the phrase have the gall. How to use gall in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gall.
GALL meaning: 1. rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is…. Learn more.
Gall definition: impudence; effrontery. . See examples of GALL used in a sentence.
If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way.
Gall describes something irritating, like someone very rude. If you barge into a bakery and cut in front of a sweet old lady, then you have gall. If someone has gall, they're irritating. In fact, as a verb, gall means "to irritate" like new tight jeans that gall your thighs.
n. 1. Outrageous insolence; effrontery: After borrowing my car, he had the gall to complain about its seats. 2. a. Bitterness of feeling; rancor. b. Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat. 3. See bile. [Middle English galle, gallbladder, bile, courage, from Old English gealla, galla, bile; see ghel- in Indo-European roots .] gall 2. (gôl)
GALL definition: 1. to be rude enough to do something that is not considered acceptable: 2. to annoy someone: 3…. Learn more.
Definition of gall noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
gall meaning, definition, what is gall: anger and hate that will not go away: Learn more.
