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Meaning
Noun
●
In Anatomy:
The gallbladder.
●
A
feeling
of exasperation.
●
Impudence or
brazenness
;
temerity
, chutzpah.
●
A
sore
on a
horse
caused
by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted
saddle
; a
saddle
sore
.
●
A
pit
on a
surface
being
cut
caused
by the
friction
between the two
surfaces
exceeding
the
bond
of the
material
at a point.
●
In Anatomy:
Bile, especially that of an
animal
; the
greenish
,
profoundly
bitter-tasting
fluid
found in
bile ducts
and
gall bladders
,
structures
associated with the liver.
●
Great
misery
or physical
suffering
,
likened
to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
●
In Medicine:
A
sore
or
open wound
caused
by
chafing
, which may become
infected
,
as with
a blister.
●
In Plant diseases:
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.
●
A bump-like
imperfection
resembling
a gall.
Verb
●
To
bother
or trouble.
●
To
harass
, to
harry
, often with the
intent
to cause injury.
●
To
chafe
, to
rub
or
subject
to
friction
; to create a
sore
on the skin.
●
To exasperate.
●
To cause
pitting
on a
surface
being
cut
from the
friction
between the two
surfaces
exceeding
the
bond
of the
material
at a point.
●
To
scoff
; to jeer.
●
To
impregnate
with a
decoction
of
gallnuts
in dyeing.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
gall
English
galle
French
galla
Latin
gealla
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Nutgall
Enrage
Bile
Anger
Enation
Impudence
Bitterness
Choler
Related
Temerity
Audacity
Chutzpah
Guts
Effrontery
Cajones
Courage
Wherewithal
Decency
Misfortune
Pinworm
Snake
Cyst
Stomach
Ovary
Leaf
Insect
Bark
Leaves
Mite
Brass Neck
Intestinal Fortitude
Presence Of Mind
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Rhymes
All
Awl
Maul
Mall
Paul
Pall
Tall
Call
Yawl
Ball
Bawl
Gall
Pawl
Wall
Haul
Paul
Caul
Hall
Fall
Crawl
Appal
Drawl
Y'All
Trawl
Brawl
Yo'Ll
Small
Shawl
Stall
Spawl
Sprawl
Withal
Recall
Squall
Instal
Thrall
Befall
Acrawl
Emball
Senegal
Overall
Asprawl
Donegal
Install
Becrawl
Besmall
Overhaul
Bescrawl
Overcall
Montreal
Withcall
Waterfall
Forestall
At All
Tell All
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