gal n : a unit of acceleration equivalent to the ground : the volume of c a transportation s one centimeter per second per second a w s or cargo carried by t 4 a : import and export trade b — used esp. for values of gravity ⎨Galileo Galilei <ing branches of a : the passenger ⎬ (1914) utable s or freigh rep ger dis sen or pas gal ing gal abbr 1 gallery 2 gallon ille ort : , or wearily : pl c nsp vily tra ling hea of sel s nes and . ing esp ake, risk (15c) ve, f n or dealings bartering or buy Gal abbr Galatians to others 3 : to mo ex 5 a : communicatio  in ideas … : the business of ly ivity gala \gā-lə, ga-, gä-\ n 1 : a festive celebra mneys> 4 a : to chi usut. commercial act or groups b : exchange <… a live tion; esp : a public entertainmen ive ens en not in flight — comdef 6 : a concentration of partici : wares, goods — the traffic white sweet flesh and a red skin or a golden vt 1 a : to draw or t c F. hai arc l skin with red striping — gala — 7 wil > ffic  to bea : or galabiya also galabieh n 2 (1928) o trafficking vi 1 o often s in hy: djellaba ⎨bor. fr. Egp Ar gallābīya, corres 2 traffic vb trafficked; low in the footsteps , deal hig com a ked (as ffic tra ly one avi n r ar nonjudicial prohibier — trafficke : to travel over  vt 1 a fficked bookstore> 2 : trade, bart 2 : related to galactose ainst public discussion 2 trail n 1 a (1) : a tr hly tra ⎨L galact-, fr. Gk galakt-, galakto e -, fr. galakt-, gala — more at gal-customer (1839) : scent, track (as of vehicles and2 tro ry 2 (1914) ving component regufor indicating galactorrhea \gə-lak-tə-rē-ə\ n : a sponta : rota the campaign > 2 a road or highway (as on d neous flow of milk from the nippletraffic circle n use r rke ocean or composition ma l ad a conica ⎨bor. fr. NL, fr. galacto- galacto- + -rrhoea : train c (1) : the More Ever local regulations gov + F -ose 2-ose; fr. the occur-traffic court Now and Comprehensive rence of the sugar in milk⎬ (1862) statutes, ordinances, duced photographic of ns tio con aking; also : festive galactosemia \gə-lak-tə-sē-mē-ə\ n : design of streets and tor vehicles (1896) mo the h to move over the pl and wit ys ling wa a dea metab g olic disorder that is inherited ineerin nt 3 : elegance, as an autosomal recessive trait and in which the train of a gown engineering n : eng eer n (1908) ffic tra galacto se accum ulates in the blood For generations, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary has been:par g back to OF, fr. gai gin traffic en due to deficiency of an enzyme catalyzing its t of a gun carria fconversion to glucose — galac- trol of traffic — : island 2a (1911) tra g llin contro tosemic \gə-lak-tə-sē-mik\ adj ⎨galactose an essential source. This new been thoroughly lights) forhas orededition island n reference (as trailless \trāl-ləs\ col ffic of tra tem sys + a -emia (prob. an ⎨bor. fr. Jp, fr. gaiafter G Galaca ual signal tosämie)⎬ (1932) : a vis trail bike n : a sm ffic light nand redesigned to be even more useful and engaging for traupdated b galactosidase \gə-lak-tō-sə-dās, -zə-dāz\ lling traffic (1893) trailblazer \trāl(1912) for contro t) ligh n : an enzyme (as lactase) that hy- fic bro ffic a tra or a of American composstudents, professionals, and everyone who loves words. ng (as edi a signal for spe drolyzes a galactoside (1914) blazes a trail to gui traffic signal n : stopping a driver (as aillard de Charentonl an instance of police galactoside \gə-lak-tə-sīd\ n : a glycos trailblazing \trā ide that yields galactose on hydrolysis traffic stop n : was pulled over for a routine .> (1953) : one that is so atia⎬ (1879) r\ n (1862) -pə 51) stä  light) b : the increase galah \gə-lä\ n : an Australian cockatoo e that stands alone ic tre business c : mob and more a majest (Eolophus roseicapilla) that has the sp : the ratio of outrke> (1919) back, wings, and tail gray and the head and advertise a movie It’s a  … —Jay Cla e. bas a : underp n arts variou th\ s shades of rosy na ⎨ME gain, bor. fr. gic -gə-san(t) pink, that sometimes is a pest in wheat-growin also tra r tragedy; traentries ● g abb Expanded fortrathe top 500 frequently attached to the en )th;most n(t -kə tra -, a-gə g areas, and that is often kept as a rag Ast th, nus of gaainer, gaaigner (ge kan(t) 2 trailer vi 1 : to li cage bird ⎨bor. fr. Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay nth \tra-jə-words tern European plants ter and is used tragaca eas or looked-up (Austral. aboriginal languages of an Asi s iou wa var northern New South Wales) gilaa⎬ (1862) (2) including 10,000 new quotations tragakant fr. Gk galanga \gə-läŋ-gə\ n : galangal ⎨ME, 2 : an actor specia ha, iler camp, trai ies ant tra ged gac tra tra L of ter in part wri t by a natural develə-jē-dē-ən\ n 1 : a tragedie⎬ (14c) fr. ML; OE gallengar, bor. fr. ML galanga, gallinga going back to OE, in part bor. ead \trāl\tr n ilh tra dia ge tra igéd fr. r galangal⎬ (before 12c) , ⎨F tra , fr. MF ●tragicMore and visually appealing elationship with < rolesbefore tragicever galangal \ga-lən-gal, -liŋ-, gə-laŋ-gəl\ ME tragedien playsthan es ⎨readable iling edge n o rol tra wh s res act n 1 an : either : n of two eastern Asian pe<ed three percent rennial herbs (Alpinia galanga and A. officina e \trə-jē-dē-en\ foil (1909) diennwords rum) of the ginger family with ●tragee,New include: 41)cold brew, doggo, farm-to-table, ty b : mis< momentum> 3 dark green sword-shaped leaves and pungent trail mix n : a fr. MF, fr. tragedie⎬ (18 es 1 a : a disastrous event : calami ween the enn aroma tic rhizom es 2 : the fresh, > 4 : to cause to be n, pl -di gaslighting, dome, parklet, rizz,crib telework dried, or ground rhizome of a galangal used ing a conflict bet hikers (1976) dy \tra-jə-dē\heat trage in cooker y as a spice and in medior disasdrama typically des e : to run fast by the cine ⎨ME galingale, bor. fr. AF, bor. fr. ML galinga une 2 a : a seriours force (as destiny) and having a sorrowfultragic dratrailside \trālrt fo la, galang a, bor. of dvantage : profit (by uncertain re superio y genStylebook ● proThe of The Associated Press mediation) fr. Ar khalanjān, khūlanjān, khaula st and a dictionary cent to a trail ( tagoniofficial b : the literar njān, bor. fr. Pers khāvalinjān, of ing in warmth> b t elicits pity or terror ing the downfall of 1 train \trān\ n obscure origin⎬ (13c) trous conclusion tha rative poem or tale typically describ , fr. L tragoedia, 3 of a timepiece : to nar MF galantine \ga-lən-tēn\ n : a cold dish tive b : marked by Twelfth ers of the wo tragic \traEdition nce ica nif sig lame Galatea \ga-lə-tē-ə\ n : a female figure tragedy <… the  d in trag—Sidney Ho nt : deplorable, of asa e ple siv res sculpte exp d or by Pygma lion and given life  employment> — or treate ©2026 HARDCOVER, by Aphrodite in fulfillment of his prayer ⎨L, y 2 : of, marked by, THUMB-NOTCHED been walking 3 a : dealing with of traged n> -jima fr. Gk Galateia⎬ (14c) tra  Tru \ S. y all rry gic —Ha Galatian \gə-lā-shən\ n : a native or inhabi keys … —M ical of tragedy — tra edy⎬ (15c [2]) of the atomic bomb. app•rop typ or to tant of Galatia, an ancient countr y e 978-0-87779-406-6 riat $34.95 taken to be a comtrag : and Roman province of central Asia Minor — b tragicus, fr. Gk tragikos, irreg. fr. tragōidia ll of the hero of Galatian adj (1526) ein-) + giving, ger1 ⎨ME, fr. L Galatians \gə-lā-shənz\ n, pl in form but the downfa \ adv orderly succ 7 1/2k(ə "w-)lē x 10 /3"h • 1,856p • rac Carton 6 abo • 5 ut lbs. brings tQty: tha sing in constr : an argumentative letter cha in flaw ter of St. Paul written to the Christians of Galatia chiefly Brit : tragic flaw n : a and gic and includ tra ed ing as a ying \gān-sā-iŋ\ book nd in ble the n atio New Testament (1587) — often use a tragedy (1913) : a drama or a situ moen \ gico -dē tra L mə oppose tragicomedy \ , fr. OIt tragicomedia die me gico n “to speak in optra MF ⎨ nts galax \gā-laks\ n : an evergreen herb (Galax me ele sequences t ic 0) com 158 . of, (ca : ⎬ 1 urceola edy ta of the family Diapensiaosition to” (going ceae) of the southeastern U.S. that has glossy gicus + comoedia com tragicomical \tra-ji-kä-mi-kəl\ adj comic tra cal parts (a fr. , dia leaves and is related to the heaths mik\ also reciprocal action, tragic and ⎨bor. fr. NL, a genus name, of unexplained gown that t gicomic \tra-ji-kä- tragicomedy 2 : manifesting both tra origin ⎬ (ca. 1753) g n⎬ (14c) galaxy \ga-lək-sē\ n, pl -axies 1 a often girl … —S ting to, or resemblin rela erGalax ext y the : milky of way galaxy — sequence of foot front used with the b : any of the very large groups mals that ects (1567) : the prominence in asp jī\  15) gī,  (16 of stars ⎬ trā t  and \ associa goa gi ted e or a dog moves matter that ear, lit., n, pl tra are found throughout the universe 2 a : an unit <… E tragos, a part of the tragus \trā-gəs\ Gk fr. , assemblage of brilliant or notable NL ⎨ ear isurely  of sumer persons or things b : worl which was nal opening of the out d 11 <… remained galaxies apart on the issue … —Newsweek> ⎨ME galaxias, thony Go med na Un galaxie, bor. fr. LL galaxias, bor. fr. Go n set of gaits 2 : to fte O Gk galaxías (prob. orig. conjoined with kýklos together c r Things That fo “wheel”), fr. galakt-, stem of gála ds or vement  vi : to W 10 “milk” (going back to IE *glkt-, attested elsewh process ( ere only in L lact-, lac “milk,” Arm ce ela sho a of end kat’n) + -ias, n. suffix, esp. of natural phenomena the aglet the surface that allows wat charge