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5 QUANT If you say there is bags of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. If you say that there are bags of things, you mean that there are a large number of them. [BRIT , INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ [+ of ] …a hotel with bags of character.

6 → see also bum bag , carrier bag , mixed bag , shoulder-bag , sleeping bag , tea bag

7 PHRASE If you say that something is in the bag , you mean that you are certain that you will get it or achieve it. [INFORMAL ] □  'I'll get the Republican nomination,' he assured me. 'It's in the bag.'

8to let the cat out of the bag → see cat

ba|gel /be I g ^ə l/ (bagels ) N‑COUNT A bagel is a ring-shaped bread roll.

bag|gage /bæ g I dʒ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Your baggage consists of the bags that you take with you when you travel. □  The passengers went through immigration control and collected their baggage. □  …excess baggage.

2 N‑UNCOUNT You can use baggage to refer to someone's emotional problems, fixed ideas, or prejudices. □  How much emotional baggage is he bringing with him into the relationship?

ba g|gage car (baggage cars ) N‑COUNT A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail. [AM ] in BRIT, use van

bag|gy /bæ gi/ (baggier , baggiest ) ADJ If a piece of clothing is baggy , it hangs loosely on your body. □  …a baggy jumper.

ba g lady (bag ladies ) N‑COUNT A bag lady is a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags.

bag|pipes /bæ gpa I ps/ The form bagpipe is used as a modifier. N‑COUNT [usu pl] Bagpipes are a musical instrument that is traditionally played in Scotland. You play the bagpipes by blowing air through a pipe into a bag, and then squeezing the bag to force the air out through other pipes.

ba|guette /bæge t/ (baguettes ) N‑COUNT A baguette is a type of long, thin, white bread which is traditionally made in France.

bah /bɑː , bæ / EXCLAM ' Bah ' is used in writing to represent a noise that people make in order to express contempt, disappointment, or annoyance. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

Ba|ha|mian /bəhe I miən/ (Bahamians )

1 ADJ Bahamian means belonging or relating to the Bahamas or to its people or culture.

2 N‑COUNT Bahamians are people who come from the Bahamas.

bail /be I l/ (bails , bailing , bailed ) The spelling bale is also used for meaning 5 , and for meanings 1 and 4 of the phrasal verb. 1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft on N ] Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost. □  He was freed on bail pending an appeal. □  The high court set bail at £8,000.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid. □  He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.

3 VERB [usu passive] If someone is bailed , they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court. □ [be V -ed] He was bailed for probation reports. □ [be V -ed to-inf] He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.

4 VERB If you bail , you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded. □ [V ] We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically. [Also V n] ● PHRASAL VERB Bail out means the same as bail . □ [V P n] A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water. □ [V P ] The flood waters have receded since then, but residents are still bailing out.

5 PHRASE If a prisoner jumps bail , he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail. □  He had jumped bail last year while being tried on drug charges.

▸  bail out