transcription, транскрипция: [ gɔ:l ]
( galls, galling, galled)
1.
If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way.
She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
= nerve
N-UNCOUNT : oft the N of n , the N to-inf [ disapproval ]
2.
If someone’s action galls you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it.
It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures...
It was their serenity which galled her most.
VERB : it V n that , V n , also it V n to-inf
• gall‧ing
It was especially galling to be criticised by this scoundrel.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ
3.
A gall is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury.
N-COUNT