pal








noun

  1. a very close, intimate friend; comrade; chum.
  2. an accomplice.

verb (used without object), palled, pal·ling.

  1. to associate as comrades or chums: to pal around with the kid next door.

  1. Police Athletic League.

noun

  1. 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).

  1. paleography.
  2. paleontology.

  1. Palestine.

noun

  1. a close friend; comrade
  2. an accomplice

verb pals, palling or palled

  1. (intr; usually foll by with or about) to associate as friends

n acronym for

  1. phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe

abbreviation for

  1. 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.

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