Usually means: Friend with whom one bonds.
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We found 59 dictionaries that define the word PAL:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. pal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pal: Merriam-Webster
  3. PAL, pal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Pal, pal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Pal, pal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pa'l, Pal, pal, pal: Wordnik
  8. pal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. PAL, Pal, pal: Wiktionary
  10. pal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pal: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. PAL, Pal, p.a.l: Dictionary.com
  14. pal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. PAL (disambiguation), PAL (programming language), PAL (software), PAL, Pal (album), Pal (dog), Pal (dog actor), Pal (surname), Pal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pal: Rhymezone
  20. pal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. PAL: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Pal: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. pal: FreeDictionary.org
  24. pal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Pal, pal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. pal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAL: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. PAL: Financial dictionary

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAL: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. PAL: Netlingo
  3. PAL: CCI Computer
  4. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  5. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Webopedia (No longer online)
  7. PAL: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. PAL: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAL: Acronym Finder
  2. PAL: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. pal: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pal (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. pal, pal: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. pal: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. P.A.L, P.A.L, PAL (PointAndLaugh), Pal: Urban Dictionary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. pal: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. PAL: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  5. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  6. PAL: Data Acquisition
  7. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  8. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See paling as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (PAL)

noun:  (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
noun:  (colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.
verb:  Synonym of pal around
noun:  A language of Papua New Guinea.
noun:  (informal, slang) Palestine.
noun:  (informal, slang) Palestinian.
noun:  (television, uncountable) Acronym of phase alternating/alternation/alternated line. (TV standard)
noun:  (electronics, countable) Acronym of programmable array logic.
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of phenylalanine ammonia lyase.
noun:  Acronym of permissive-action link. [A security device to prevent unauthorized arming or detonation of a nuclear weapon.]
noun:  Acronym of prisoner at large. [(military) A member of the military who is being disciplined by being forbidden to leave the barracks or ship on which he or she is stationed.]
noun:  (education) Acronym of peer-assisted learning.
noun:  Initialism of Police Athletic League.
noun:  (historical) Initialism of Paedophile Action for Liberation.

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