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gl

gl is the initialism of good luck.

Meaning of good luck

Interjection

  1. Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.
    • Near-synonym: God bless

See all 2 meanings of good luck

Noun capitalized: GL

GL (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of girls' love (“yuri media”).

Prefix capitalized: GL

GL

  1. (misspelling) Misspelling of Gl, the prefix for Gliese catalog of nearby stars.

Proper noun capitalized: Gl

Gl

  1. the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, for initial catalog
  2. by extension, prefix for any catalogued in the Gliese star catalog and expansions

Synonyms of gl

Origin of gl

From Japanese GL(ジーエル) (jīeru), from ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu), from English girls + love.

Questions about gl

What does gl mean?
Gl means the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, for initial catalog.
What is gl the initialism of?
Gl is the initialism of good luck.
What part of speech is gl?
Gl can be a noun, a prefix or a proper noun.

Words near gl in the dictionary

  1. Gjógv
  2. Gjøvik
  3. GK
  4. Gk.
  5. GKs
  6. gl
  7. GL2U
  8. GLA
  9. GLAAD
  10. Glab
  11. glabella

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gl (page history and authors); GL (page history and authors); Gl (page history and authors); good luck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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