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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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Even as Cuba’s economy collapses, on social media, for Castro and pals, the party never stops.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Schnabel — who watched the film near the front of the theater while sitting with pal Tom Waits, the musician and sometime actor who lives in Sonoma County — addressed the walkouts immediately as the post-film discussion moderated by Sundance Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez began.
—G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Another new pal tapped my shoulder then.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Noun
This sparks all kinds of adverse reaction, mainly from McCarthy’s snotty pals and girlfriends, a tribe so fiercely materialistic and shallow as to make current Less Than Zero-types seem well rounded by comparison.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Even as Cuba’s economy collapses, on social media, for Castro and pals, the party never stops.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Schnabel — who watched the film near the front of the theater while sitting with pal Tom Waits, the musician and sometime actor who lives in Sonoma County — addressed the walkouts immediately as the post-film discussion moderated by Sundance Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez began.
—G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Another new pal tapped my shoulder then.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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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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