noun
- a very close, intimate friend; comrade; chum.
- an accomplice.
verb (used without object), palled, pal·ling.
- to associate as comrades or chums: to pal around with the kid next door.
- Police Athletic League.
noun
- a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged.Compare SAM(def 2).
- paleography.
- paleontology.
- Palestine.
noun
- a close friend; comrade
- an accomplice
verb pals, palling or palled
- (intr; usually foll by with or about) to associate as friends
n acronym for
- phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe
abbreviation for
- Palestine
n.1788, from Romany (English Gypsy) pal “brother, comrade,” variant of continental Romany pral, plal, phral, probably from Sanskrit bhrata “brother” (see brother (n.)). Extended colloquial form palsy-walsy attested from 1930. v.1879, from pal (n.). Related: Palled; palling.