[{"word":"galling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To bother or trouble.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To exasperate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface."},{"definition":"To scoff; to jeer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Vexing, humiliating","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gall","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/galling"]}]