palled; palling
: to be or become pals : associate as pals
they've palled around for years
Examples of pal in a Sentence
Noun
We've been pals since we were kids.
Come on—be a pal and lend me the money.
Verb
they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team
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Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Exes or old pals might start orbiting our social media to get our attention.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
At one point, Pancho is filmed getting a bath in the sink, likely to wash off the drool from his oversized pals.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Zendaya's Rue, of course, as well as pals Maddy (Alexa Demie), Lexi (Maude Apatow), and Jules (Schafer).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But while a sophomore physics major might have the scoop on what his or her former pal who graduated last year is doing in the lab, no one is terribly interested in shaking them down for that information.
—Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Exes or old pals might start orbiting our social media to get our attention.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
At one point, Pancho is filmed getting a bath in the sink, likely to wash off the drool from his oversized pals.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Zendaya's Rue, of course, as well as pals Maddy (Alexa Demie), Lexi (Maude Apatow), and Jules (Schafer).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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pal
1 of 2 noun
: a close friend
pal
2 of 2 verb
palled; palling
: to be or become pals
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