Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal)To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry.

Origin

See gallow (transitive verb).

See gallow (transitive verb).

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Forms

gallies, gallying, gallied, gallied
Base formgally · to gally
3rd person singulargallies
Present participlegallying
Past simplegallied
Past participlegallied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygally
he, she, itgallies

Past simpleLesson

all personsgallied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gallied
he, she, ithas gallied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gally

Word family

2 related words
Derivedgallicrowgallybagger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gallopgallowsgallstonegaloregalvanize
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