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baal

1 American  
[bahl] / bɑl /

adverb

Australian Slang.
  1. no; not.


Baal 2 American  
[bey-uhl, beyl] / ˈbeɪ əl, beɪl /

noun

plural

Baalim
  1. any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.

  2. (sometimes lowercase) a false god.


Baal British  
/ bɑːl /

noun

  1. any of several ancient Semitic fertility gods

  2. Phoenician myth the sun god and supreme national deity

  3. (sometimes not capital) any false god or idol

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Other Word Forms

  • Baalish adjective

Etymology

Origin of baal1

Australian Pidgin English < Dharuk bí-al

Origin of Baal2

From the Hebrew word baʿal lord

Example Sentences

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One hat baal brokum, allasame white fellow hat.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley

No, no, boss!" cried Tommy, energetically, "baal you bogey longa that waterhole.

From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis

Mine tell Leather fellow jump right away, and police fellow baal find.”

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.

I have reserved unto me seven thousand men which have not bowed their knees to baal.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

“Why, aunt, baal means none, or not any.”

From The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)