Pronunciation
- enPR: băg, IPA: /ˈbæɡ/
- (Southern England, Australia) IPA: /ˈbæːɡ/
- (US, some dialects) IPA: /ˈbɛɡ/
- (US, Upper Midwest) IPA: /ˈbeɪɡ/,
bag (plural bags)
- A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
- Synonyms: poke, sack, tote
- hypo en
- (informal) A handbag
- Synonyms: handbag, purse
- A suitcase.
- A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
- (slang) One’s preference.
- Synonyms: cup of tea, thing, Thesaurus:predilection
- Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- Synonyms: dog, hag
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- He headed back to the bag.
- (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- Synonyms: multiset
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
- the bag of a cow
- (now, historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December:
- He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him.
- 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December:
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
- (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
- (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- (mostly, in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- (slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- c en(MLE, slang) A thousand quids, 1000 £, a grand.
- French: sac, (regional) poche, cornet
- German: Beutel, Tasche, Sack
- Italian: sacco, busta
- Portuguese: sacola, saco
- Russian: су́мка
- Spanish: bolsa, (in certain contexts) saco, (Panama - a 'paper bag' in Cuba) cartucho, (Dominican Republic) funda, (Cuba) jaba, (Colombia) talego
- French: tasse de thé, truc
- Russian: тема
bag (bags, present participle bagging; past and past participle bagged)
- To put into a bag.
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- We bagged three deer yesterday.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
- a bee bagged with his honeyed venom
- (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
- (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
- The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
- The brisk wind bagged the sails.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,
- [...] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island (novel), London: Review, Chapter Eleven, p. 125,
- And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force?
- His trousers bag at the knees.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,
- (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
- French: mettre la main, choper
- French: éclater de rire
- French: pendre
- French: pendre
- Italian: sbolgiare (Tuscany, uncommon, of clothes)
- French: se la péter
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