gal pal

noun

informal
: a girl/woman who is a friend

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Laura Davis here, back from my trip to see my best gal pal and meet her new baby! — Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025 But wait, didn’t nerdy gal pal Gwen Stacy deliver a smooch on him in the same spot just a few episodes earlier? — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025 At Leroy's gal pal's apartment, Billie starts looking through a shoebox of photos. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026 Bomer and Cameron Diaz play his gay best friend and gal pal respectively, an emotional rescue squad for a man who has teetered on the edge perhaps one too many times. — Cary Darling, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gal pal

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“Gal pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gal%20pal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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