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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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Beyond the waterway’s importance to the surf, Chouinard and his pals knew that as recently as the 1940s, the Ventura had been a major spawning ground for thousands of steelhead trout and Chinook salmon.
—David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Also on that trip was fellow supermodel pal Karlie Kloss, a fellow neighbor who also happens to be married to Jared Kushner’s younger brother Joshua, making her Ivanka’s sister in law.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
More than a decade ago, Shultz recalls playing an early version of the song over the phone to his pal Michael Goldstone, owner of Mom + Pop Music.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Bieber wore a pair of white briefs, a silver necklace and a single compression sock, and tagged his pals in the post, using three pink double heart emojis as the caption.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Beyond the waterway’s importance to the surf, Chouinard and his pals knew that as recently as the 1940s, the Ventura had been a major spawning ground for thousands of steelhead trout and Chinook salmon.
—David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Also on that trip was fellow supermodel pal Karlie Kloss, a fellow neighbor who also happens to be married to Jared Kushner’s younger brother Joshua, making her Ivanka’s sister in law.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
More than a decade ago, Shultz recalls playing an early version of the song over the phone to his pal Michael Goldstone, owner of Mom + Pop Music.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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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