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- Dictionarygall/ɡɔːl/
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 definition: impudence; effrontery. . See examples of GALL used in a sentence.
gall noun (SOLID MASS) [ C ] 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.
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)
