bag
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle.
a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling.
the amount or quantity a bag can hold.
any of various measures of capacity.
a sac, as in an animal body.
an udder.
Slang. a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixture of narcotics.
something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part: He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep.
Baseball. base1 (def. 9b).
Hunting. the amount of game taken, especially by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period.
Slang.
a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: Jazz isn't my bag.
a person's mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a mean bag today.
an environment, condition, or situation.
bags,
Informal. plenty; much; many (usually followed by of): bags of time; bags of money.
Slang. trousers (def. 1).
to swell or bulge: A stiff breeze made the sails bag out.
to hang loosely like an empty bag: His socks bagged at the ankles.
to pack groceries or other items into a bag.
Slang. to criticize, disparage, or dismiss a person or thing (usually followed by on): Stop bagging on me!
to cause to swell or bulge; distend: The wind bagged the curtain.
to put into a bag.
Informal. to kill or catch, as in hunting: I bagged my first deer when I was a teenager.
Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip (often used in the phrase bag it): I bagged my math class today.We'd better bag the deal.I was working too hard so I decided to bag it.
Slang. to criticize, disparage, or dismiss: Don’t bag my vegan diet—I feel great since I started it.
Theater. clew (def. 9a).
bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags it! Bags, I go first!
Idioms about bag
bag and baggage,
with all one's personal property: When they went to collect the rent, they found he had left, bag and baggage.
completely; totally: The equipment had disappeared, bag and baggage, without even the slightest trace.
bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal.
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.
leave holding the bag / sack, Informal. to force to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared: His accomplices flew to South America and he was left holding the bag.
old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman: a gossipy old bag.
Origin of bag
1regional variation note For bag
Other words from bag
- bag·like, adjective
- un·bagged, adjective
Other definitions for B.Ag. (2 of 2)
Bachelor of Agriculture.
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How to use bag in a sentence
Things have changed for Wall Street and for Goldman in a way that may render its old bag of tricks less helpful.
Will you shake hands with me, and excuse the blunder I made when I felt sure you had hooked the old bag, just to bother me?
The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire | Herbert CarterThere was an old bag which she remembered he said contained some of his mother's dresses.
Gabriel Conroy | Bert HarteThe mouth and chin, with the throat under it, hung like an old bag; but the upper part of the head was as fine as possible.
If you look in that old bag under the bed, you will find evidence enough to convince you of that fact.
The Childerbridge Mystery | Guy Boothby
We were several minutes looking for her, and, wishing everything but good luck to the old bag, I mounted.
British Dictionary definitions for bag
/ (bæɡ) /
a flexible container with an opening at one end
Also called: bagful the contents of or amount contained in such a container
any of various measures of quantity, such as a bag containing 1 hundredweight of coal
a piece of portable luggage
short for handbag
anything that hangs loosely, sags, or is shaped like a bag, such as a loose fold of skin under the eyes or the bulging part of a sail
any pouch or sac forming part of the body of an animal, esp the udder of a cow
hunting the quantity of quarry taken in a single hunting trip or by a single hunter
derogatory, slang an ugly or bad-tempered woman (often in the phrase old bag)
slang a measure of marijuana, heroin, etc, in folded paper
slang a person's particular taste, field of skill, interest, activity, etc: blues is his bag
bag and baggage informal
with all one's belongings
entirely
a bag of bones a lean creature
in the bag slang almost assured of succeeding or being obtained
the bag of tricks or the whole bag of tricks informal every device; everything
(tr) to put into a bag
to bulge or cause to bulge; swell
(tr) to capture or kill, as in hunting
(tr) to catch, seize, or steal
(intr) to hang loosely; sag
(tr) to achieve or accomplish: she bagged seven birdies
(tr) British informal to reserve or secure the right to do or to have something: he bagged the best chair
(tr) Australian slang to criticize; disparage
Origin of bag
1- See also bags
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Other Idioms and Phrases with bag
In addition to the idioms beginning with bag
- bag and baggage
- bag it
- bag of tricks
also see:
- brown bagger
- grab bag
- in the bag
- leave holding the bag
- let the cat out of the bag
- mixed bag
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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