Word: gall
Category: gall
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Synonyms: gall
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: gall
The meaning and "use of": gall
- bold, impudent behavior. - the bank had the gall to demand a fee
- the contents of the gallbladder; bile (proverbial for its bitterness). - In central Ontario, eight species of parasitoids and a Periclistus inquiline are associated with this gall .
- annoyance; irritation. - he imagined Linda's gall as she found herself still married and not rich
- an abnormal growth formed on plants and trees, especially oaks, in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi. - In early spring, these aphids form pouch-shaped galls on the hybrids' leaves; living and breeding within the galls , the insects feed on the trees' nutritious sap stream.
- make (someone) feel annoyed. - he knew he was losing, and it galled him
- make sore by rubbing. - the straps galled their shoulders
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