Meaning

noun United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

noun a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)

noun alliterative term for girl (or woman)

originFrom a dialectal pronunciation of girl, attested since 1795; compare gell, g'hal.

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