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The correct spelling is gall.
How to pronounce gall
/ɡɑl/
nounIPA: /ɡɑl/
Say it like: Gal-l
The correct spelling is gall. Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. For example: "Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface."
Usage Examples
“Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface.”
Meanings
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.
- 5.Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
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.
- 5.To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
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