baling

Meaning of baling

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. scoop water out of a boat or ship.
    when we started bailing, the boat was filled with water
    those on board tried desperately to bail water from the sinking craft
  2. abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity.
    after 12 years of this, including Sunday Mass with the family, I bailed
    I couldn't handle the crowds, so I bailed
    he looks a little like the other guy that bailed on me

early 17th century: from obsolete bail ‘bucket’, from French baille, based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier’.

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make up into bales.
    the straw is left on the field to be baled later

Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball1.

verb, gerund or present participle

variant spelling of bail3.

Information about baling

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of baling

bal-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • baling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of baling

abling

Words that rhyme with baling

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