Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

bail

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bail (verb)
  2. bailor (noun)
  3. bailer shell (noun)
  4. gill bailer (noun)

2bail

verb

Definition of BAIL

transitive verb
1
: to clear (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side —usually used with out
2
: to clear water from by dipping and throwing —usually used with out
intransitive verb
: bail out 2
— bail·er noun

First Known Use of BAIL

1613

Learn More About BAIL

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: bail above
Previous Word in the Dictionary: baikerite
All Words Near: bail

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up bail? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).