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# gal

«gal» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl or young woman** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gals) (informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gal is a girl or young woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gal/#m1)

2) (dialect) A gal can be a sweetheart, as in old songs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in folk tales and old songs, a girl or a sweetheart; in a country voice

### examples

- The little gal ran to the well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gal/#x1)
- Her gal came to visit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gal/#x2)
- I saw a gal at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gal/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.