Reverse Dictionary: G – GAL

G  – nouns
– UDGIT the letter ‘g’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GABBLE – nouns
– GABBING talk, chatter; gabble …1774 Sc.
– GAGGLE chatter, gabble …1668
– SHE-SHE TALK woman’s talk, gabble, gossip …1922 Amer. dial.
– YATTER continuous chatter; rambling and persistent talk, gabble …1832 Sc.
gabble – verbs
– CANK to talk rapidly, to gabble …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GLABBER to chatter, to gabble …1900 Amer. dial.
– HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast …1806 Sc.
– JABBLE to talk rapidly and indistinctly or unintelligibly; to speak volubly and with little sense; to chatter, to gabble, to prattle …1570
– RABBLE to utter a torrent of words; to talk or ready hastily and indistinctly, to gabble, to speak nonsensically, to rave …a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REEBLE to read or recite quickly; to gabble …1872 Sc.
– RIBBLE to read or recite quickly; to gabble …1872 Sc.
– YABBLE to gabble, to chatter, to talk excessively …1808 Sc.
 
GAD, GADABOUT – person
– AUWANA a gadabout; a wanderer …1938 Hawaii
– CRUISIN’ SUSAN a gadabout …Bk1942 US sl.
– ELEANOR a gadabout …Bk1942 US sl.
– GAD one who gads about, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; an idle, rambling person; a person who is always roaming from home, usually applied to a woman who is over-fond of visiting …1837 colloq. & Eng. dial.
– GADABROAD †* a person who travels to many places; a gadabout …1810
– GADDER a person who gads or gads about; one who goes to many social events or travels to many places for pleasure; a gadabout …1548
– GADDER-ABROAD a person who gads or gads about; one who goes to many social events or travels to many places for pleasure; a gadabout …1569
– GADFLY a person who frequently goes out socializing; a gadabout; a social butterfly …1605
– GALLOPER one who proceeds at great speed; also, one who gads about …a1693
– GALLY-BAGGER a person fond of going about; a gadabout …1892 Eng. dial.
– LOAFERER a loiterer, a lounger, one who gads about …1966 Amer. dial.
– RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment …1825 Sc.
– ROPE JUMPER a gadabout …Bk1942 US sl.
– SCALLYBATCH a woman addicted to spending much time in neighbours’ houses; a gadabout gossiping woman …1911 Sc.
– VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant; a footloose person, a gadabout; esp. historically, one who strolled about the streets during church service …a1600 Sc. 
gad, gadabout – verbs
– BAIVER to gad about; to run after shows, weddings, etc. …Bk1898 Sc.
– BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly …1960 Amer. dial.
– CAT to gad about; to fool around …1938 Amer. dial., chiefly among Blacks
– CAT AROUND to gad about; to fool around …1938 Amer. dial., chiefly among Blacks
– FLIBBERTIGIBBET to play the flibbertigibbet; to gad about frivolously …1921
– GAB ABOUT to go from place to place gossiping; to gad about …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAFFLE to gad or constantly go about …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALIVANDER to gad about, to jaunt, to go about idly or on pleasure; to gallivant …1892 Eng. dial.
– GALLIVATE to frisk, gallivant, gad about …1893 Amer.
– GALRAVIDGE to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast …1793 Sc.
– GALRAVITCH to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast …1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GANDER-FLANK to lark about, to frolic, to gad about …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GANDER-LEG to lark about, to frolic, to gad about …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAY-CAT to gad about; to fool around …1938 Amer. dial., chiefly among Blacks
– HACK AROUND to socialize idly; to gad or fool about; to waste time …1923 US college sl.
– HACK OFF to idle; to loaf; to lounge; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time …1888 US sl.
– LALLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about …1870 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about …1870 Amer. dial.
– LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about …1837 Amer. dial.
– LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about …1913 Amer. dial.
– LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about …1953 Amer. dial.
– RACK AROUND. to go out a great deal, not to stay at home much …1967 Amer. dial.
– RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about …a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAM AROUND to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure …1939 Amer. dial.
– RAMPSE to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant …1929 Amer. dial.
– SCABER AROUND to gad about …1938 Amer. dial.
– SCAPER AROUND to gad about …1938 Amer. dial.
– SCAVAIG to roam or gad about …1932 Sc.
– TAVE to hurry along; to gad about …1864 Eng. dial.
– TROLLOP to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither …1838 Amer. dial.
– TROLLOP ABOUT to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither …1838 Amer. dial.
– TROLLOP AROUND to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither …1838 Amer. dial.
– VAGE to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to gad about …1701 Sc.
– VAIG to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to stroll; to gad about …1701 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– VOCATE † to ramble about idly; to gad about …1825 Eng. dial.
 
GADDING. GADDING ABOUT – adjectives
– BAIVERING gadding about; taking interest in trifles, finery, etc. …Bk1898 Sc.
– FIDDLE-FOOTED restless, given to wandering, gadding about …1941 Amer. dial.
– GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding …1817
– ON THE RAN-DAN on the loose; gadding about …1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
GADFLY – nouns
– BIRS the gadfly …Bk1911 Sc. 
– HORSE-STINGER the gadfly …B1900 Eng. dial.
– WAG-LEG † a gadfly …1585
 
GADGET – nouns  (also see THING)
– DICKEY a thing, a gadget …20C US colloq.
– DICKIE a thing, a gadget …20C US colloq.
– DICKY a thing, a gadget …20C US colloq.
– DINGBAT a gadget …20C US colloq.
– DINGUS a thing; a gadget; a thingummy …L19
– DOFLICKETY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget …1900s sl., orig. Can. military
– DOOBYWHACKER anything of which you have forgotten the name; any small gadget or machine part …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– DOODACKIE anything of which you have forgotten the name; any small gadget or machine part …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– DOODAD anything of which you have forgotten the name; any small gadget or machine part …1920
– DOODAH anything of which you have forgotten the name; any small gadget or machine part …1928
– DOODLE any gadget …20C US colloq.
– DOODLEFLICKER any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget …1910s sl.
– DOODLEFLICKUS any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget …1910s sl.
– DOODLEGADGET any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget …1910s sl.
– DOOFLICKER a gadget …20C sl., 1900s sl., orig. Can. military
– DOOFLINKUS any nameless small object, typically some kind of-  gadget …1900s sl., orig. Can. military
– DOOFLOP any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget …1950s sl.
– DOOHICKEY, DOOHICKIE a gadget, a thing …Bk2006 US sl.
– DOOJIGGER a gadget, a thing …Bk2006 US sl.
– DOOLOLLY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget …1930s sl.
– DOOWACKY a thing; a nameless gadget …Bk2006 US sl.
– DOOZANDAZZY a gadget …E20 US Sl.
– DUDELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget …1931 Amer. dial.
– DUDENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget …1931 Amer. dial.
– DUFLICKERTY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget …1900s sl., orig. Can. military
– FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack …1897 sl.
– FAKUS a gadget; something with no name or a forgotten name …Bk2006 US sl.
– FIRKIN a gadget …E20 military sl.
– FOOGEY a gadget …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– GISMO, GIZMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing …1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– HICKEY, HICKIE a device or gadget; an unnamed thing …1909 sl., chiefly US
– JIGGER a device or gadget; an unnamed thing …1874 US sl.
– KNICK-KNACK a gadget …19C Brit. & US
– MAJIG a thingamajig; a gadget …1867 Amer. dial.
– MAJIGGER a thingamajig; a gadget …1942 Amer. dial.
– MAJIGGIE a thingamajig; a gadget …1931 Amer. dial.
– OOBYJIVER * a thing whose name one cannot remember, does not know, or does not wish to mention; a thingamy; hence, a useful implement, a gadget …1963 colloq. 
​- OOJAH a gadget …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– RINCTUM-DO a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name …1952 Amer. dial.
– RINKTUM a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name …1896 Amer. dial.
– UNIT a gadget; a nameless object …20C US sl.
– WATCHAMACALLIT a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMACALLEM a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-DAD a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-DADDY a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-DIDDLE a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-DINGLE a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-DOODLE a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-GADGET a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-HICKEY a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WATCHMA-JIGGER a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WHACKER a gadget, a thing …20C US sl.
– WHATCHEEMACALLIT a gadget …19C US colloq.
– WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided …19C US sl.
– WHATZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided …19C US sl.
– WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided …19C US sl.
– WHICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey …1951 Amer. dial.
– WHING-DING a gadget …20C US
– WICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey …1951 Amer. dial.
– WIDGET a gadget; a small manufactured item …E20 colloq.
– WING-DING a gadget …20C US
gadget – person
– GADGETEER a person given to acquiring or using gadgets; an inventor of gadgets …1926
 
GAELIC – verbs
– HAPPER-GALLICKS to speak the Gaelic tongue …1787 Sc.
 
GAIETY – adjectives (also SEE GAY)
– JUNKETACEOUS fond of gaiety or junketing …1760 nonce word
gaiety – nouns 
– BAUDERIE † gaiety, jollity, mirth …c1386
– BAUDERY † gaiety, jollity, mirth …c1386
– BUXOMNESS blitheness, gaiety …1598 arch.
– CAIDGINESS gaiety, sportiveness …1825 Sc.
– DAFFERY † folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness …1768 Sc.
– DAFFING gaiety, sportiveness, folly …1787 Sc.
– GALA † festivity, gaiety, rejoicing …1716
– GALLIARDISE gaiety, mirth, revelry; also, a merry trick …c1570 arch.
– GALLIARDISM * gaiety, mirth, revelry …1745
– GAUDS showy ceremonies; gaieties …1650
– GAWDS showy ceremonies; gaieties …1650
– GAYITRY. gaiety …1685
– GAYTRY † gaiety …1655
– JOLLIMENT † mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety …1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ZIZZ energy, vigour, vitality, gaiety, liveliness …1942 sl.
 
GAILY – adverbs
– CADGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CAGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully …1724 Sc.
– DAFTLY merrily, gaily …1789 Sc.
– GAY † brightly, showily, gaily …1415
 
GAIN – adjectives
– GAINFUL * productive of gain or profit; profitable, advantageous …1555
– GAINY †* profitable, advantageous; of the nature of gain …1576
– GAIR greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain …1721 Sc.
– GARE greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain …1721 Sc.
– LUCRIFEROUS † bringing gain; lucrative, profitable …1648
– LUCRIPETOUS † eager for gain …1675
– LUCROUS † full of gain or profit …c1500
– QUAESTUARY connected or concerned with gain; money-making …1594
– VANTAGEOUS † bringing advantage or gain …c1566
gain – nouns
– ACQUIRE †* acquirement or gain …1592
– ACQUIST the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain …1613
– ADVANTAGE † pecuniary profit, gain; interest on money lent …1393
– BEGET 1. † the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage …c1175
2. † the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war …c1200
– BUNCE money; gains; extra profit or gain; bonus; something to the good …1719 sl.
– EARNINGS † gain, profit …a1200
– FARTHER-FETCH an ultimate gain, an advantage …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– INTAKE gain, profit; anything gathered in or obtained …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– I-WIN † gain, profit …c1000
– SINGULAR † personal or private profit or gain …1419
– SINGULARITY † private or personal profit or gain …1426
– VANTAGE advantage, benefit, profit, gain …a1300 arch.
– VELVET gain, esp. when unexpectedly high; profit …1901 sl., chiefly US
gain – person
– GOLD-DIGGER a woman who marries or forms a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain …1915 sl., orig. US
– HAND-MAKER † one who makes gain fraudulently …1549
– QUAESTUARY † one who seeks for gain …1614
gain – verbs 
– ACQUIST †* to gain for oneself; to acquire …1598
– ADDLE † to acquire or gain as one’s own; to earn …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ADVANTAGE † to gain, to profit …1557
– BAG to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts …1911 Amer. sl.
– BEWIN † to gain, to win, to get possession of …c1175
– BOTTLE TOP to catch, gain, or understand something …1974 UK rhyming sl. on ‘cop’
– CARRY AWAY † to win, to gain for oneself …1581
– COP A PACKET to gain a great deal, possibly more than one bargained for; this can either be good (more money than expected), or bad (a longer prison sentence than feared) …1930s sl.
– FALL to have fall to one’s share; to obtain, to win, to gain …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GET A PACKET to gain a great deal, possibly more than one bargained for; this can either be good (more money than expected), or bad (a longer prison sentence than feared) …1930s sl.
– GOLD-DIG of a woman: to marry or form a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain …1923 sl., orig. US
– HAVE A PACKET to gain a great deal, possibly more than one bargained for; this can either be good (more money than expected), or bad (a longer prison sentence than feared) …1930s sl.
– IMPORT † to obtain, to gain, to win a victory …1598
– I-WIN † to gain by struggling or fighting; to win …a1000
– LUCRATE † to gain, to get, to win …1623
– MAKE BOOT OF † to make profit of; to gain …1606
– NEW-GET to gain afresh …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn …c1000
– SALLY OUT to walk with an idle, trailing gait …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAN to gather together; to collect in any way; to get hold of; to gain, to catch …1873 Sc.
– THOLE to advantage, to benefit; to be to one’s gain …1898 Sc.
– VANTAGE † to make gain or profit …1563
gain – phrases
– WHAT COMES OVER THE DEVIL’S BACK GOES UNDER HIS BELLY said of ill-gotten gains …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
GAINED – adjectives
– ACQUISITE † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself …1532
– ACQUISITITIOUS of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to ‘native’ or ‘innate’ …1653
– ADEPTED †* gained, acquired …c1595
– QUICK-COME-BY easily gained or earned …1899 Eng. dial.
gained – nouns 
– BOTTLETOP something gained; a thing of some value …1974 UK rhyming sl. on ‘cop’ to obtain
 
GAINING – nouns
– ADEPTION † an obtaining, gaining, or attainment …1548
 
GAIT – adjectives
– DOTTY feeble or unsteady in gait …colloq.
– GALAGANTING large and awkward; awkwardly big, slovenly in gait …1874 Eng. dial.
– GALLIGANTING large and awkward; awkwardly big, slovenly in gait …1874 Eng. dial.
– HALF-GAITED limping, weak of gait …1873 Eng. dial.
– LAMPY having a striding gait …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LOPLOLLY of gait or dress: careless, slouching …1895 Amer. dial.
– NIPPERTY of gait: tripping with short steps, mincing …1879 Sc. 
– SAMMY untidy in dress; slovenly in gait …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SPLODGY awkward in gait …B1900 sl.
– WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait …Bl1905 Eng. dial.
gait – adverbs
– LARGE † with big steps; with ample gait …1642
– SCASH in a twisted manner; with a waddling, shuffling gait …Bk1904 Sc.
– WALLACH with a heavy, labouring gait …Bk1905 Sc.
gait – nouns 
– BUZZARD LOPE an ungainly running gait …1952 Amer. dial.
– DADDLE gait …20C Irish sl.
– GATURE †* gait, mien …1538
– GOOD HICKORY, A a rapid gait …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PADDLING-WALK a gait in which the steps are made very short …Bk1905 N. Ireland
– SHAMBLE an awkward or shuffling gait …E19
– SPANISH TROT an easy gait; a jog …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– WALLOW † a rolling walk or gait …1676
– WAMBLE an unsteady movement of a person or thing; a roll of the body; a rolling or staggering gait …1825
gait – person
– DADGIL, DATCHEL a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait …1824 Sc. 
gait – verbs 
– SHAMBLE to walk or move along with an awkward or shuffling gait …L16
– SHAMMOCK to walk with a shambling, awkward, or unsteady gait; to slouch, to dawdle, to idle about …E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
– WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle …1399
 
GAITERS – nouns
– GALLIGASKINS leggings, gaiters …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALLYSLOPES leggings, gaiters …L19 sl.
– GAMASHES a kind of leggings or gaiters, worn to protect the legs from mud and wet …1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GAMASHINS † a kind of leggings or gaiters of worsted or other material …1822 Sc.
– GAMASHONS a kind of leggings or gaiters, worn to protect the legs from mud and wet …1684 Sc.
– GAMBADERS † a kind of leather gaiters or shield used by horsemen to protect their legs from mud …1814 Sc.
– GAMBADOES † n. a kind of leather gaiters or shield used by horsemen to protect their legs from mud …1814 Sc.
– PALANQUINS long gaiters, leggings …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUEETIKINS gaiters, short leggings …1871 Sc.
– YANKS gaiters, leggings …1865 Eng. dial.
– YANTS gaiters, leggings …1865 Eng. dial.
 
GALE – nouns
– RIPSNORTER a storm, a gale …M19 colloq. orig. US
 
GALILEO – person
– GALILEAN one who holds or supports the views of Italian astronomer, Galileo …1925
 
GALL – nouns
– ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this …1958 Aust. sl.
– CRUST nerve; gall …Bk2006 US sl.
 
GALLANT, GALLANTRY – adjectives
– GALLIANT gallant; gay …1860 Eng. dial.
– GALLIARD gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful …c1386 arch.
– GALYANT gallant; gay …1860 Eng. dial.
– PAUGHTY stout-hearted, spirited, gallant; proud …1773 Sc.
gallant, gallantry – nouns
– GALLANTISE † gallantry, gallant bearing, courtliness …c1520
– GALLANTRY † gallants collectively; gentry, fashionable people …1606
– GALLANTSHIP †* the condition or dignity of a gallant …1579
– GALLANTURE †* the occupation or behaviour of a gallant …a1683
– VASSALAGE † a brave or chivalrous act; a noble or gallant exploit …c1330
gallant, gallantry – person
– AMOROSO a lover; a gallant …1616
– BELLSWAGGER, BELSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant, a noisy braggart, a bully …1639
– BELLY-SWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp …1775
– BLADE a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau …1597
– BULLY a blustering gallant; a bravo, hector, or swashbuckler; later, a tyrannical coward who makes himself a terror to the weak …1688
– CHAPERON the professed gallant of a married woman …M18 sl.
– FEMALIST †* one devoted to the female sex; a courter of women; a gallant …1613
– FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion …1571
– GAY † a gay lady; one who is loved, a sweetheart; a noble or beautiful lady; also, of a man: a gallant …c1390
– SPARK a brisk, showy man; a fashionable or gallant young man; a dandy …c1600
– SPARKY † a spark or gallant; a gay, dashing fellow …1756 
– SQUIRE OF DAMES a man very attentive to women and much n their company; a woman’s man; a gallant …1886
– TIKE, TYKE a gallant, male or female …1899 Eng. dial.
gallant, gallantry – verbs
– GALLANTIZE * to play the gallant …1603
– GALLANTRIZE IT †* to indulge one’s propensity for gallantry; to play the gallant …a1693
– GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GO A GANDERING † of a husband: to gallant during the period of a wife’s confinement …1687
 
GALLANTLY – adverbs
– TOPPINGLY gallantly, splendidly; in excellent condition or health …a1739
 
GALL BLADDER – nouns
– CHARLES DE GAULLE the gall-bladder …1970s jocular
 
GALLERY – nouns
– CABINET † a room devoted to the display of works of art; a museum, picture-gallery, etc. …1676 obs. or arch.
– ORIEL † a portico, corridor, gallery, balcony, etc. …1385
gallery – person
– GALLERIST a person who owns or runs an art gallery; later also, a person who exhibits and promotes artists’ work in galleries or other premises, in order to attract potential buyers …1966
 
GALLEY – person
– GALLERIAN a galley slave …a1640
– GALLEY-BIRD † a galley-slave …1655
– GALLEY-MAN one who rows in a galley …1352
– GALLEY-SLAVE a person condemned to work at the oar on board a galley, and chained to the deck …1567
– GALLIOT † a sailor or a rower on a galley, whether slave or free …1511
 
GALLIVANT – person
– GALLIVASTER † one who gallivants, esp. a boasting, gasconading fellow; including the idea of tallness …1826 Sc.
gallivant – verbs
– BOP AROUND to move or go about energetically; to gallivant; to be lively …1968 Amer. dial.
– GADDIWANT to gossip; to gallivant …1893 Eng. dial.
– GADDYWENT to gossip; to gallivant …1893 Eng. dial.
– GALIVANDER to gad about, to jaunt, to go about idly or on pleasure; to gallivant …1892 Eng. dial.
– GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant …1825 Eng. dial.
– GALLIHOOT to go gallivanting …1940s US sl.
– GALLIVATE to frisk, gallivant, gad about …1893 Amer.
– GALLYHOOT to go gallivanting …1940s US sl.
– HELL AROUND to gallivant …1897 Amer. sl.
– RAMPSE to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant …1929 Amer. dial.
– SCALLYHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1869 Amer. dial.
– SCAMP AROUND to gallivant …1960 Amer. dial.
– SCHALAHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1862 Amer. dial.
– SKALLYHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1909 Amer. dial.
– TARRYHOOT to rush; to go about with much noise and fuss; to gallivant …​1933 Amer. dial.
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GALLON – nouns
– DRIVER’S PINT a gallon …L19 army usage
– GALLOND a gallon …1892 Eng. dial.
– GAWN † a gallon …1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
GALLOP – nouns
– CANTERBURY † an easy galloping pace; a hand-gallop …1631
– CAREER † of a horse: a short gallop at full speed …1571
– MANAGE † a short gallop at full speed …1577-87 obs. exc. arch.
– MIDWIFE-GALLOP a full gallop, a great rate …1892 Sc.
– TANTIVY a rapid gallop; a ride at this pace …a1658
– TITTUP a horse’s canter; a hand-gallop …1703 chiefly Eng. dial.
– WALLOP a quick movement such as agitates one’s clothing; the noise caused by such a movement; a gallop; a dance …1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
gallop – verbs 
– BRAWL to gallop …Bk1911 Sc.
– CANTERBURY †* of a horse: to canter; to move in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore-feet nearly at the same time with a leap or spring …1673
– CAREER † to take a short gallop …1594
– SPUNDER to gallop …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– TITTUP of a horse or other animal: to canter, to gallop easily …1844
– WALLOP † of horses: to gallop …a1400
 
GALLOPING – interjections
– TANTIVY! an imitation of the sound of galloping or scudding feet …1697
 
GALLOWS see HANG, HANGING