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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Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
This was two old pals knowing exactly how to approach each other, like Christmas With the Martins and the Sinatras for Tina Fey fans — if only because Tracy Jordan being Cher’s secret baby daddy feels like a season-five 30 Rock joke.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Spending time reading with, singing with, or playing games with close pals and family is at the heart of Danish happiness and hygge-ness.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
With Lady Danbury now serving a singular role as Queen Charlotte’s bestie, Brownell says that the requests that the royal usually asked of her pal will be instead passed on to her newest lady-in-waiting, Alice Mondrich (Emma Naomi).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Head down to Brookhaven with your closest pals and celebrate among the bottles of over 450 different wine varieties from around the world.
—Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
This was two old pals knowing exactly how to approach each other, like Christmas With the Martins and the Sinatras for Tina Fey fans — if only because Tracy Jordan being Cher’s secret baby daddy feels like a season-five 30 Rock joke.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Spending time reading with, singing with, or playing games with close pals and family is at the heart of Danish happiness and hygge-ness.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
With Lady Danbury now serving a singular role as Queen Charlotte’s bestie, Brownell says that the requests that the royal usually asked of her pal will be instead passed on to her newest lady-in-waiting, Alice Mondrich (Emma Naomi).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
pal
1 of 2 noun
: a close friend
pal
2 of 2 verb
palled; palling
: to be or become pals
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