bagnoun [ C ]
uk/bæɡ/us/bæɡ/bag noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)
A1 a soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, or a stronger container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle, in which you carry personal things or clothes or other things that you need for travelling:
dark, loose, or swollen skin under your eyes because of tiredness or old age
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- She suddenly remembered (that) her keys were in her other bag.
- He had a baseball and a couple of bats in his sports bag.
- I put a few personal belongings in a bag and left the house for the last time.
- He dropped a bag of sugar and it spilled all over the floor.
- Tie up the top of the bag so the rubbish doesn't fall out.
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Containers for carrying personal possessions
- attaché case
- backpack
- baggage
- billfold
- briefcase
- bumbag
- handbag
- hatbox
- haversack
- holdall
- kitbag
- purse
- shoulder bag
- sling
- sponge bag
- sporran
- suit bag
- suitcase
- toilet bag
- toiletry bag
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bag noun [ C ] (WOMAN)
slang a rude and insulting name for a woman, especially an older one:
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Unpleasant women
- battleaxe
- bitch
- cow
- crone
- dog
- dragon
- fishwife
- hag
- harpy
- harridan
- misandry
- she-devil
- shrew
- termagant
- trout
- virago
- vixen
- witch
bag noun [ C ] (TROUSERS)
trousers with a wide and loose style:
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Trousers
- bell-bottoms
- Bermuda shorts
- blue jeans
- bootcut
- breeches
- cutoff
- cycling shorts
- denim
- drainpipe
- dungarees
- jodhpurs
- knickerbockers
- knickers
- leggings
- Levi's
- low-rise
- tracksuit bottoms
- trews
- trouser
- trousers
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bagverb
uk/bæɡ/us/bæɡ/-gg-bag verb (PUT IN CONTAINER)
[ T ] to put something in a bag:
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Wrapping, packing and loading
- bottle
- Bubble Wrap
- bundle
- bundle sth up
- containerize
- load
- pack
- pack sth away
- package
- packaged
- packaging
- packet
- packing
- parcel
- parcel sth up
- shrink-wrap
- tinned
- vacuum-packed
- wrap
- wrap sth up
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bag verb (GET)
[ T ] UK informal to get something before other people have a chance to take it:
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Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- cage
- capture
- catch
- clutch
- collar
- corner
- entangle
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- repo man
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
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bag verb (WIN PRIZE)
[ T ] UK informal to win sth, especially a prize:
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Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- against the run of play idiom
- close-run
- convincing
- do the double over sb idiom
- drubbing
- game changer
- game-changing
- hold
- lead 1
- pip
- pummel
- retire
- run away with sth
- square
- strike gold idiom
- varsity
- walkaway
- walkover
- win
- won
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bag verb (KILL)
[ T ] to hunt and kill an animal or bird
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- pointer
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- trap
- troll
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bag verb (SUMMIT)
informal to reach the top of a mountain:
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Mountaineering & rock climbing
- abseil
- base camp
- bivouac
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- climb
- climbing
- crampon
- foothold
- footing
- free running
- hold
- mountainboarding
- mountaineer
- mountaineering
- Munro-bagging
- rappel
- toehold
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bag verb (HANG LOOSELY)
[ I ] to hang loosely like a bag:
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Style & appearance of clothes
- backless
- baggy
- bespoke
- black tie
- bootcut
- half-sleeve
- hang
- ill-fitting
- knitted
- low-cut
- preppy
- ruck
- S, s
- scantily
- scoop-neck
- sequin
- skintight
- tweedy
- white-tie
- wraparound
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bag verb (NOT USE)
US informal to not use something that you have, and use something else instead:
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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bag verb (CRITICIZE)
[ T ] Australian English informal to criticize or laugh at someone or something in an unkind way:
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- talk trash idiom
- throw
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