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bag
1[ bag ]
noun
- a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle.
- a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling.
- the amount or quantity a bag can hold.
- any of various measures of capacity.
- a sac, as in an animal body.
- an udder.
- Slang. a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixture of narcotics.
- something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part:
He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep.
- Baseball. base 1( def 9b ).
- Hunting. the amount of game taken, especially by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period.
- Slang.
- a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession:
Jazz isn't my bag.
- a person's mood or frame of mind:
The boss is in a mean bag today.
- an environment, condition, or situation.
- bags,
- Informal. plenty; much; many (usually followed by of ):
bags of time; bags of money.
- Slang. trousers ( def 1 ).
verb (used without object)
- to swell or bulge:
A stiff breeze made the sails bag out.
- to hang loosely like an empty bag:
His socks bagged at the ankles.
- to pack groceries or other items into a bag.
- Slang. to criticize, disparage, or dismiss a person or thing (usually followed by on ):
Stop bagging on me!
verb (used with object)
- to cause to swell or bulge; distend:
The wind bagged the curtain.
- to put into a bag.
- Informal. to kill or catch, as in hunting:
I bagged my first deer when I was a teenager.
- Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip (often used in the phrase bag it ): We'd better bag the deal.
I bagged my math class today.
We'd better bag the deal.
I was working too hard so I decided to bag it.
- Slang. to criticize, disparage, or dismiss:
Don’t bag my vegan diet—I feel great since I started it.
- Theater. clew ( def 9a ).
interjection
- bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags, I go first!
Bags it!
Bags, I go first!
B.Ag.
2abbreviation for
- Bachelor of Agriculture.
bag
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noun
- a flexible container with an opening at one end
- Also calledbagful the contents of or amount contained in such a container
- any of various measures of quantity, such as a bag containing 1 hundredweight of coal
- a piece of portable luggage
- short for handbag
- anything that hangs loosely, sags, or is shaped like a bag, such as a loose fold of skin under the eyes or the bulging part of a sail
- any pouch or sac forming part of the body of an animal, esp the udder of a cow
- hunting the quantity of quarry taken in a single hunting trip or by a single hunter
- derogatory.an ugly or bad-tempered woman (often in the phrase old bag )
- slang.a measure of marijuana, heroin, etc, in folded paper
- slang.a person's particular taste, field of skill, interest, activity, etc
blues is his bag
- bag and baggage informal.
- with all one's belongings
- entirely
- a bag of bonesa lean creature
- in the bag slang.almost assured of succeeding or being obtained
- the bag of tricks or the whole bag of tricks informal.every device; everything
verb
- tr to put into a bag
- to bulge or cause to bulge; swell
- tr to capture or kill, as in hunting
- tr to catch, seize, or steal
- intr to hang loosely; sag
- tr to achieve or accomplish
she bagged seven birdies
- informal.tr to reserve or secure the right to do or to have something
he bagged the best chair
- slang.tr to criticize; disparage
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bag1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bag1
Idioms and Phrases
- bag and baggage,
- with all one's personal property:
When they went to collect the rent, they found he had left, bag and baggage.
- completely; totally:
The equipment had disappeared, bag and baggage, without even the slightest trace.
- bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal.
- bag of tricks, a supply of expedient resources; stratagems:
Maybe they will finally be honest with us, once they've run through their bag of tricks.
Her promotion is in the bag.
The sale of the house is in the bag.
- leave holding the bag / sack, Informal. to force to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared:
His accomplices flew to South America and he was left holding the bag.
- old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman:
a gossipy old bag.
More idioms and phrases containing bag
- brown bagger
- grab bag
- in the bag
- leave holding the bag
- let the cat out of the bag
- mixed bag
Example Sentences
The post provided light relief during what continues to be a difficult period for many residents, as bin bags pile up in several neighbourhoods, along with growing public health concerns.
England's Aaron Rai was made to carry his own bag from tee to green after his caddie hit the putting surface with her tee shot, while he ended up in the rough.
England's Tommy Fleetwood will be encouraged by his joint third last year, while his compatriot Matt Fitzpatrick is a proven major winner - but without experienced caddie Billy Foster on his bag after their split.
The court heard she had initially hidden his body in a cupboard in her bedroom, before wrapping it in bin bags and moving it to the bottom of the garden.
She fills bags of trash from around her planting strip and calls 311 to have them hauled away.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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