bailing

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to remove water from a boat using a container:

The boat's sinking! Start bailing quickly!

If someone accused of a crime is bailed, they are released until their trial after paying bail to the court:

She was yesterday bailed for three weeks on drink-driving offences.

[ + to infinitive ] He was bailed to appear at the Magistrates' Court next month.

to stop doing something or leave a place before something is finished:

It was so boring I bailed early.