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Gall

noun
/ɡɑl/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.nounBile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
2.nounThe gall bladder.
3.nounGreat misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
4.nounA feeling of exasperation.
5.nounImpudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
6.nounA sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
7.nounA sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
8.nounA pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
9.verbTo bother or trouble.
10.verbTo harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
11.verbTo chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
12.verbTo exasperate.
13.verbTo cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
"Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface."
14.verbTo scoff; to jeer.

Synonyms

fretchafecrustsaddle sorebitternessirkresentmentrancorcheekinessinsolencefreshnessimpudence

Rhymes With

squallbanalappallpallcallforestallrecallstall
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