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gall

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /ɡɑl/

Noun

gall noun

  1. Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
  2. The gall bladder.
  3. Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  4. A feeling of exasperation.

gall noun

  1. 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.
  2. A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.

Verb

gall verb

  1. To bother or trouble.
  2. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  3. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  4. To exasperate.

gall verb

  1. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

Word map

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Related terms

Synonyms

nutgallfretchafecrustsaddle sorebitternessirkresentmentrancorcheekinessinsolencefreshnessimpudencerancourimpertinencebilebiliary

Associated

gallsmidgesbladderthripsmidgephrenologyaphidmitewaspnematodewasps

Rhymes

squallbanalappallpallcallforestallrecallstallprotocolfall

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