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bag

  [bag] noun, verb, bagged, bag⋅ging, interjection
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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. the 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. base 1 (def. 8b).
12. Hunting. the amount of game taken, esp. 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. bags,
a. Informal. plenty; much; many (usually fol. 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
22. bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags it! Bags, I go first!
—Idioms
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. hold 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. old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman: a gossipy old bag.
Origin:
1200–50; 1920–25 for def. 28; ME bagge < ON baggi pack, bundle

Related forms:
baglike, 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.
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bag   (bāg)   
n.  

    1. A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.

    2. A handbag; a purse.

    3. A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.

    4. An organic sac or pouch, such as the udder of a cow.

  2. An object that resembles a pouch.

  3. Nautical The sagging or bulging part of a sail.

  4. The amount that a bag can hold.

  5. An amount of game taken or legally permitted to be taken.

  6. Baseball A base.

  7. Slang An area of interest or skill: Cooking is not my bag.

  8. Slang A woman considered ugly or unkempt.

v.   bagged, bag·ging, bags

v.   tr.

  1. To put into or as if into a bag.

  2. To cause to bulge like a pouch.

  3. To capture or kill as game: bagged six grouse.

  4. Informal To gain possession of; capture.

  5. Slang

    1. To fail to attend purposely; skip: bagged classes for the day and went to the beach.

    2. To stop doing or considering; abandon: bagged the idea and started from scratch.

v.   intr.

  1. To pack items in a bag.

  2. To hang loosely.

  3. To swell out; bulge.


[Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi.]
bag'ful n., bag'ger n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
bag (so)

  1. tv.
    to put someone on a respirator. (To apply a medical device, part of which is a rubber bag, used to help someone breathe.) : Bag this guy quick. He is struggling to get his breath.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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in the bag

  1. mod.
    cinched; achieved. : It's in the bag—as good as done. , The election is in the bag unless the voters find out about my past.
  2. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. (See also bagged.) : Kelly looks like he is in the bag.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bag 
c.1230, bagge, from O.N. baggi or a similar Scand. source, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin. Disparaging slang for "woman" dates from 1924. Meaning "person's area of interest or expertise" is 1964, from Black Eng. slang, from jazz sense of "category," probably via notion of putting something in a bag. Baggy "puffed out, hanging loosely" is 1834. Many fig. senses are from the notion of the game bag (1486) 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bag
Pronunciation: 'bag
Function: noun
: a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ: as a : UDDER b : a pendulous outpouching of flabby skin bags below the eyes>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

bag (bāg)
n.

  1. An anatomical sac or pouch, such as the udder of a cow.

  2. A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

in the bag

Assured of success, virtually accomplished or won. For example, The coach thought the trophy was in the bag, or Our new contract is in the bag. The precise allusion in this idiom is unknown. One writer believes it refers to a completed transaction, that is, an item bought and wrapped in a bag. However, it may well refer to the game bag in which hunters place small game such as birds. [c. 1920] Also see under wrap up.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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