"gall" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɔːl/, /ɡɑl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gall.wav [UK] Forms: gall [singular], galls [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you have the gall to do something, you do it even though it is very rude or unreasonable.
    Sense id: simple-gall-en-noun-nMFrberT
  2. Gall is anger or hatred. Synonyms: resentment
    Sense id: simple-gall-en-noun-beiEiHqJ Categories (other): Old words
  3. Gall is a green-brown liquid in your stomach that helps you to digest fats. Synonyms: bile
    Sense id: simple-gall-en-noun-JyKNAsLy Categories (other): Old words
  4. A gall is a round growth in a plant from disease or insects.
    Sense id: simple-gall-en-noun-MEMphlhR

Verb

IPA: /ɡɔːl/, /ɡɑl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gall.wav [UK] Forms: gall [canonical], galls [third-person, singular], galled [past], galled [past, participle], galling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone or something galls you, they make you angry because of some unfairness.
    Sense id: simple-gall-en-verb-1xfksZQ2
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