Meanings
noungalpal (plural galpals)
plural galpals · alternative gal pal
- slangA female friend or girlfriend.
"Drew dumps boyfriend and shacks up with gay galpal."
1992, Outlook, Issues 15-172 more examples
My kid and her galpals all played this song five hundred thousand times in a row when they first brought it home...
2001, Kim Cooper, David Smay, Bubblegum music is the naked truthIt is there he first sees Lynn Halsey-Taylor, an up-and-coming young country singer played by Eastwood's then-galpal Sondra Locke.
2005, Scott Von Doviak, Hick flicks: the rise and fall of redneck cinema
Origin
From gal + pal, chosen for the rhyme.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
galpal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galpal
MLA
“galpal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galpal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “galpal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galpal.
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