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Bagging
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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noun
1.
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
2.
something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle.
3.
a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling.
4.
a purse or moneybag.
5.
EXPANDthe amount or quantity a bag can hold.
6.
any of various measures of capacity.
7.
a sac, as in an animal body.
8.
an udder.
9.
Slang. a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixture of narcotics.
10.
something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part: He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep.
11.
Baseball. base1 (def. 8b).
12.
Hunting. the amount of game taken, especially by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period.
13.
Slang.
a.
a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: Jazz isn't my bag.
b.
a person's mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a mean bag today.
c.
an environment, condition, or situation.
14.
COLLAPSEbags,
a.
Informal. plenty; much; many (usually followed by of): bags of time; bags of money.
b.
Slang. trousers.
verb (used without object)
15.
to swell or bulge: A stiff breeze made the sails bag out.
16.
to hang loosely like an empty bag: His socks bagged at the ankles.
17.
to pack groceries or other items into a bag.
verb (used with object)
18.
to cause to swell or bulge; distend: The wind bagged the curtain.
19.
to put into a bag.
20.
Informal. to kill or catch, as in hunting: I bagged my first deer when I was a teenager.
21.
Theater. clew (def. 9a).
interjection
Idioms22.
bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags it! Bags, I go first!
23.
Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip: I bagged my math class today. We'd better bag the deal. I was working too hard so I decided to bag it.
24.
bag and baggage,
a.
with all one's personal property: When they went to collect the rent, they found he had left, bag and baggage.
b.
completely, totally: The equipment had disappeared, bag and baggage, without even the slightest trace.
25.
bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal.
26.
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.
27.
EXPANDhold the bag, Informal. to be forced to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared: His accomplices flew to South America on news of the theft and left him holding the bag.
28.
in the bag, Informal. virtually certain; assured; definite: Her promotion is in the bag. The sale of the house is in the bag.
29.
COLLAPSEold bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman: a gossipy old bag.
Origin:
1200–50; 1920–25 for def. 28; Middle English bagge < Old Norse baggi pack, bundle
1200–50; 1920–25 for def. 28; Middle English bagge < Old Norse baggi pack, bundle
Related forms
bag·like, adjective
un·bagged, adjective
Regional variation note
1. Although bag and sack are both used everywhere throughout the U.S., the more commonly used word in the North Midland U.S. is bag and in the South Midland is sack.
1. Although bag and sack are both used everywhere throughout the U.S., the more commonly used word in the North Midland U.S. is bag and in the South Midland is sack.
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Word Origin & History
bag
early 13c., bagge, from O.N. baggi or a similar Scandinavian source, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin. Disparaging slang for "woman" dates from 1924 (though various specialized senses of this are much older). Meaning "person's area of interest or expertise" is 1964, from Black Eng. slang, from jazz
EXPANDsense of "category," probably via notion of putting something in a bag. To be left holding the bag (and presumably nothing else), "cheated, swindled" is attested by 1793. Many fig. senses are from the notion of the game bag (late 15c.) into which the product of the hunt was placed; e.g. the verb meaning "to kill game" (1814) and its colloquial extension to "catch, seize, steal" (1818).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bag (bāg)
n.
An anatomical sac or pouch, such as the udder of a cow.
A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.
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Slang Dictionary
bag (so) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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