name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
bailer
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CMU ARPABET: B EY1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who bails or lades.
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noun
Meaning 3
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of bailor.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 5
A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
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Usage: dated
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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History
Etymology
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler. * A variant of the English surname Baylor.
From bail + -er.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: черпак (čerpak) — a utensil
- Catalan: sàssola — a utensil
- Cebuano: limás — a utensil
- Ngazidja Comorian: upvo class 11/10a — a utensil
- Fijian: inima — a utensil
- Fijian: nima — a utensil
- French: écope — a utensil
- Ancient Greek: ἀντλητήρ (antlētḗr) — a utensil
- Italian: aggottatoio — a utensil
- Italian: sassola — a utensil
- Malay: limas — a utensil
- Māori: tīheru — a utensil
- Māori: tatā — a utensil
- Palauan: olimet — a utensil
- Portuguese: vertedouro — a utensil
- Portuguese: vertedoiro — a utensil
- Portuguese: bartedouro — a utensil
- Portuguese: bartedoiro — a utensil
- Russian: черпак (čerpak) — a utensil
- Swedish: öskar — a utensil
- Tagalog: limás — a utensil