Definition of gall Gall
/gɔˈl/ - [gol] - gall
We found 40 definitions of gall from 9 different sources.
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What does gall mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: galls |
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| gall - a skin sore caused by chafing | ||
| sore an open skin infection | ||
| gall - abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury | ||
| plant tissue the tissue of a plant | ||
| gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | ||
| resentment, bitterness, rancor, rancour | ||
| enmity, ill will, hostility a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" | ||
| heartburning intense resentment; "his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals" | ||
| huffishness, sulkiness a sullen moody resentful disposition | ||
| grudge, grievance, score a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" | ||
| gall - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | ||
| crust, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness | ||
| rudeness, discourtesy a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others | ||
| gall - a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | ||
| bile | ||
| digestive fluid, digestive juice secretions that aid digestion | ||
| gall - an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle | ||
| saddle sore | ||
| animal disease a disease that typically does not affect human beings | ||
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| gall - irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" | ||
| irk | ||
| anger make angry; "The news angered him" | ||
| gall - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | ||
| chafe, fret | ||
| irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gall (Noun)
Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile duct s and gall bladder s, structures associated with the liver. - gall (Noun)
The gall bladder . - gall (Noun)
Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances. - gall (Noun)
A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall. - gall (Noun)
A feeling of exasperation. - gall (Noun)
Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah. - gall (Noun)
A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister. - gall (Noun)
A sore on a horse caused by an ill- fitted or ill- adjusted saddle; a saddle sore . - gall (Noun)
A pit caused on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point. - gall (Verb)
To trouble or bother. - gall (Verb)
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury. - gall (Verb)
To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin. - gall (Verb)
To exasperate. - gall (Verb)
To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gall (n.)
The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder. - gall (n.)
The gall bladder. - gall (n.)
Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor. - gall (n.)
Impudence; brazen assurance. - gall (n.)
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut. - gall (v. t.)
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. - gall (v. t.)
To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. - gall (v. t.)
To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm. - gall (v. t.)
To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy. - gall (v. i.)
To scoff; to jeer. - gall (n.)
A wound in the skin made by rubbing.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gall
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gall
gawl, n. the greenish-yellow fluid secreted from the liver, called bile: bitterness: malignity.—ns. Gall-bladd′er, a pear-shaped bag lying on the under side of the liver, a reservoir for the bile; Gall′-stone, a hard concretion in the gall-bladder or biliary ducts.—Gall and wormwood, anything extremely disagreeable and annoying.—In the gall of bitterness, in a state of extreme hostility to God (Acts, viii. 23). [A.S. gealla, gall; cf. Ger. galle, Gr. cholē, L. fel.] -
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gawl, n. a light nut-like ball which certain insects produce on the oak-tree, used in dyeing—also Gall′-nut.—v.t. to fret or hurt the skin by rubbing: to annoy: to enrage.—v.i. (Shak.) to act in a galling manner.—ns. Gall′ate, a salt of gallic acid; Gall′fly, an insect which occasions gall on plants by puncturing.—adj. Gall′ing, irritating.—adv. Gall′ingly.—Gallic acid, a crystalline substance obtained from gall-nuts, and used in making ink. [Fr. galle—L. galla, oak-apple.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gall
See WIND-GALL.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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gall
To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of an enemy.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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gall
His gall is not yet broken; a saying used in prisons of a man just brought in, who appears dejected.
