ALL meanings of gall
gall
G g - noun gall Annoyance; irritation. 1
- transitive verb gall bother, irritate sb 1
- noun gall human, animal: bile 1
- noun gall boldness, nerve 1
- noun gall growth on a plant 1
- noun gall (Pizi) 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn. 1
- idioms gall gall and wormwood, bitterness of spirit; deep resentment. 1
- verb with object gall to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back. 1
- verb with object gall to vex or irritate greatly: His arrogant manner galls me. 1
- verb without object gall to be or become chafed. 1
- verb without object gall Machinery. (of either of two engaging metal parts) to lose metal to the other because of heat or molecular attraction resulting from friction. 1
- verb without object gall Metallurgy. (of a die or compact in powder metallurgy) to lose surface material through adhesion to the die. 1
- noun gall (Uncountable Noun) (anatomy, obsolete) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. 0
- noun gall (anatomy) The gall bladder. 0
- noun gall (Uncountable Noun) OBS Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances. 0
- noun gall (Countable Noun) (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall. 0
- noun gall (Uncountable Noun) A feeling of exasperation. 0
- noun gall (Uncountable Noun) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah. 0
- noun gall (Countable Noun) (medicine, obsolete) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister. 0
- noun gall (Countable Noun) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore. 0
- noun gall (Countable 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. 0
- noun gall (Countable Noun) (phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii. 0
- verb gall (Transitive Verb) To trouble or bother. 0
- verb gall To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury. 0
- verb gall To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin. 0
- verb gall To exasperate. 0
- verb gall To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point. 0
- verb gall To scoff; to jeer. 0
- verb gall To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing. 0
- uncountable noun gall If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way. 0
- verb gall If someone's action galls you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it. 0
- countable noun gall A gall is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury. 0
- noun gall impudence 0
- noun gall bitterness; rancour 0
- noun gall something bitter or disagreeable 0
- noun gall a sore on the skin caused by chafing 0
- noun gall something that causes vexation or annoyance 0
- noun gall irritation; exasperation 0
- verb gall to abrade (the skin, etc) as by rubbing 0
- verb gall to irritate or annoy; vex 0
- noun gall an abnormal outgrowth in plant tissue caused by certain parasitic insects, fungi, bacteria, or mechanical injury 0
- abbreviation GALL gallon 0
- noun gall bile (sense 1) 0
- noun gall the gallbladder 0
- noun gall something that is bitter or distasteful 0
- noun gall bitter feeling; rancor 0
- noun gall rude boldness; impudence; audacity 0
- noun gall a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse's back, caused by rubbing or chafing 0
- noun gall irritation or annoyance, or a cause of this 0
- verb transitive gall to injure or make sore by rubbing; chafe 0