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bag
I. \ˈbag, -aa(ə)g, -aig\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi
1. : a container made of paper, cloth, mesh, metal foil, plastic, or other flexible material and usually closed on all sides except for an opening that may be closed (as by folding, pasting, tying, or sewing), being of sizes ranging from small to very large and being specially designed and treated for properly holding, storing, carrying, shipping, or distributing any material or product — compare pouch, sack
2. : a bag for a particular purpose: as
a. : a bag to hold money : purse; especially : a woman's pocketbook : handbag
b. : a bag for carrying game : game bag
< several squirrels and a rabbit in his bag >
c. : a silk pouch used to hold up the back hair (as of a powdered wig)
d. : mailbag
e. : traveling bag, valise, suitcase
3. : something felt to resemble a bag (as in form or capaciousness): as
a. : a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ:
(1) : a sac or space containing a secretion or other fluid
< the poison bag of a snake >
< the honey bag of a bee >
(2) : udder
(3) dialect Britain : belly
(4) : a pendulous outpouching of flabby skin
< an aging face with bags below the eyes >
(5) slang : scrotum
b. : a puffed out sag or bulge (as of cloth) suggestive of a bag
< bags at the knees of trousers >
< the bag in the sail of a ship >
c. bags plural, chiefly Britain : slacks
< dressed with casual undergraduate elegance in sports coat, silk pullover, and flannel bags — Christopher Isherwood >
d. : a square white canvas container filled with sawdust that is fastened to the ground to mark the position of first, second, or third base in baseball
e. : punching bag
f. : sleeping bag
g. : any of the small upright chimneys inside a ceramic kiln through which the flames pass into the body of the structure
h. : a cavity filled with water or gas in a mine
4. : something that is bagged: as
a. : the amount contained in a bag especially when fixed (as by law) for a particular commodity and used as a unit of weight
< 25 bags to the ton >
broadly : a bag and its contents
< don't forget to get a bag of potatoes >
b. : a quantity of game taken during a particular hunt or during a particular period usually by one person
< the bag included an elephant, and a magnificent male tiger >
often : the amount of game permitted (as by law) to be taken by one hunter
< he got his bag early and was home before lunch >
c. : something likened to the bag taken by a hunter or fisherman especially in being won, captured, seized, or otherwise taken by personal effort : trophy, spoils
< the flier finished the day with a bag of four enemy planes >
sometimes : a group of persons or things : collection, assortment
< a mixed bag of bystanders — Ken Purdy >
< a large bag of special techniques — Greer Williams >
5. slang
a. : prostitute
b. : woman; especially : a slovenly unattractive woman — used chiefly in the phrase old bag; usually used disparagingly
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- in the bag
II. verb
(bagged ; bagged ; bagging ; bags)
Etymology: Middle English baggen, from bagge, n.
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to swell out : bulge
< the entire side of the tent bagged outward under the force of the gale >
b. : to hang loosely (as of clothing) like a bag
< her dress bagged shapelessly about her >
2. of a milch animal : to develop the udder — usually used with up
< this heifer is bagging up well >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to bulge or swell out
< the rush of air at once bagged and filled out the parachute >
2.
a. : to put into a bag
< bagging and shipping the sugar >
— often used with up
< don't sweep until you have bagged up the beans >
b. : to cover (as plants) with bags so as to exclude insects or foreign pollen
< long rows of carefully bagged zinnias >
3.
a. : to take (animals) as game : to kill or capture (game)
< he bagged a fine 10-point buck >
b. : to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth : gain, acquire
< his shrewd business speculation helped him to bag a fabulous fortune >
also : make off with : steal
< two little boys were caught bagging apples >
c. : to win a victory over : get the mastery of : capture, seize
< the police bagged the entire dope ring >
also : to shoot down : destroy
< his first day he bagged three enemy planes >
Synonyms: see catch
III. transitive verb
(bagged ; bagged ; bagging ; bags)
Etymology: origin unknown
: to cut (as grain) with a heavy sickle and gather the cut produce into bundles
IV. abbreviation
baggage
V. noun
1. : frame or state of mind
< when a person acts stupidly, he is “in his stupid bag” — Junius Griffin >
2. : something suited to one's taste : something one likes or does well : specialty
< hasn't been my bag so far, but I'm a very dedicated actor — Dick Van Dyke >
3.
a. : an individual's typical way of life
< can't expect people who are in another bag to accept my bag — Jerry Rubin >
b. : a characteristic manner of expression
< more than any other singer in the soul bag — Albert Goldman >
4. : something that frustrates or impedes : hang-up
5. : a small packet of a narcotic drug (as heroin or marijuana)
6. bags plural, Britain : a large amount or number : lot
< fancied a job with bags of variety — Punch >
VI. transitive verb
1. : to achieve or complete successfully : win
< bagged a 30-foot putt >
also : to climb (a mountain peak) successfully
2. : to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable
< bag college for a good job — Shannon Dortch > |