gall

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɡɔːl/
• IPA ^(key): /ɡɑl/

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Noun

Singular gall

Plural galls

a gall in a leaf

a gall on a branch

1. (uncountable) If you have the gall to do something, you do it even though it is very rude or unreasonable.

   I can't believe he had the gall to cancel at the last minute.

2. (uncountable) (old, no longer used) Gall is anger or hatred.
   • Synonym: resentment
3. (uncountable) (old, no longer used) Gall is a green-brown liquid in your stomach that helps you to digest fats.
   • Synonym: bile
4. (countable) A gall is a round growth in a plant from disease or insects.

Verb

Plain form gall

Third-person singular galls

Past tense galled

Past participle galled

Present participle galling

1. (transitive) If someone or something galls you, they make you angry because of some unfairness.