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gall2

Pronunciation: /gɔːl/

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Definition of gall

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] annoyance or resentment:he imagined Linda’s gall as she found herself still married and not rich
  • 2a sore on the skin made by chafing: saddle galls

verb

[with object]
  • 1make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful:it galled him to have to sit impotently in silence
  • 2make sore by rubbing: the straps that galled their shoulders

Origin:

Old English gealle 'sore on a horse', perhaps related to gall1; superseded in Middle English by forms from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch

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