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bag en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /baɡ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (US) audio
  • (Canada) audio
  • /beɪ̯ɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • /baɡ/ (Northern-England, Scotland)
  • /baːɡ/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • /bæɡ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bæːɡ/ (Australia)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /bɛɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Inherited from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
  3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) One's preference.
    • They knew it and sometimes used it as a way to get her to glox on, which was not her usual bag. 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 20:
    • Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
    • And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing. 1976, Newton Thornburg, Cutter and Bone, Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 250:
  4. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) An ugly woman.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    • The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  6. (countable, uncountable) First, second, or third base.
    • He headed back to the bag.
  7. (countable, qualifier:preceded by the, uncountable) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
    • A bag of three apples could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Or, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
    • the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
  10. (countable, uncountable) A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. ▸ An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.
    • Her bag is coming in nicely now.
    • Meronym: teats
  11. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. ▸ The human female breast.
  12. (countable, historical, uncountable) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
    • He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him. 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December
    • [H]e had once lost his bag, and a considerable quantity of hair, which had been cut off by some rascal in his passage through Ludgate, during the lord mayor's procession. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
  13. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  14. (UK, countable, uncountable) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
  15. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
    • With gravel stuck to my cheek, I pulled myself back in the car, looked in the rearview mirror, and saw, looking back at me, a young man with a pale face and a purple bag under each eye. I looked pitiful […] 2013, Ken Ilgunas, Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom, page 14:
  16. (countable, informal, uncountable) A large number or amount.
  17. (countable, slang, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
    • What about the time you got shot eight times and then played a show the same week? ¶ Oh yeah that was beautiful, I mean it was fucked up that I was shot, but as far as goin' to get that bag I'm always gonna go get that bag. 2014 August 28, Sam Wilhoit, quoting OJ da Juiceman, “The Life and Times of OJ da Juiceman”, in VICE, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2023:
    • A bag refers to money. So to get a bag or even secure a bag means that you are acquiring money. [2019 February 6, Rasha Ali, “Get hip to all the slang words and phrases your kids are using and what they mean, okurrr”, in USA Today, McLean, V.A.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:
    • Secure the bag, secure the bag Grab the stash and hit the trap 2019 April 4, “Secure The Bag”, Skripteh (lyrics), 1:33:
  18. (US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A fellow gay man.
  19. (countable, slang, uncountable) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
  20. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) The scrotum.
  21. (Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable) £1000, a grand.
    • Coulda got a bag last year But now I get a bag for a verse 2017 May 2, Figure Flows, “Money Right”, in Big Figures ft. Purple, from 1:18:
    • My hoodie cost a bag three, my runners cost a bag two 2023 June 18, “100mph Freestyle x3”, Clavish (lyrics), 1:30:

Forms

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Deriveds

milkbag · paperbag waist · sickbag · plastic bag · skunkbag · cryobag · brown paper bag test · scruffbag · hoe bag · like a bag of ferrets · grab bag · sleazebag · hospital bag · sling bag · dossbag · saddle-bag · gasbag · airsick bag · teabag · shitebag · ita-bag · ratbag · mixed bag · bagplot · kit bag · bag pudding · carry bag · all that and a bag of chips · like ferrets in a bag · mail bag · goodie bag · Blighty bag · goody bag · nunny bag · rice bag · weekender bag · flesh-bag · bagism · Birkin bag · face like a bag of spanners · garment bag · slimebag · mailbag · puss in a bag · bag-in-box · warbag · assbag · changing bag · grow bag · bag drop · nose-bag · bag up · travel bag · geobag · vacuum bag · bag of words · sickness bag · butt bag · paper bag test · burlap bag · pastry bag · bagworm · freezer bag · boil-in-bag · under-eye bag · bagpipes · dirt bag · slut bag · doggy bag · bug-out bag · modesty bag · petty bag · ice bag · honeybag · vampire tea bag · cooler bag · bagmoth · hanging wet bag · wheat bag · grab-bag · dime bag · bread-bag clip · slutbag · barrel bag · farding-bag · in the bottom of the bag · bag beneath the eye · betel bag · hay bag · garbage bag · property bag · ball bag · sugar bag · book bag · possibles bag · carpetbag · tote bag · litterbag · dirtbag · schoolbag · black bag · green bag · Jiffy bag · Gro-bag · double-bagger · bag job · whole bag of tricks · silo bag · suck a bag of dicks · flea bag · carpet-bag · water bag · bivvy bag · what's in the bag · black bag operation · baglike · airbag · punchbag · footbag · mix bag · Dorothy bag · bag of nerves · pull out of the bag · fumble the bag · courier bag · multibagger · shopping bag · bean-bag · nutbag · man bag · brown-bag · retort bag · it bag · go bag · bag knot · shoulderbag · all that and a bag of potato chips · Faraday bag · bag below one's eye · eye bag · medicine bag · boil-in-the-bag · bag plum · bucket bag · dickbag · brown bag · go-bag · bag nasty · fudgebag · baggage · golf bag · bowling bag · bag beneath one's eye · tricken bag · bag of rations · haybag · sponge-bag pants · sponge bag · saddlebag · sando bag · let the cat out of the bag · game bag · mealbag · paper bag · banana bag · coffee bag · ho-bag · shoebag · sandwich bag · bagless · bag for life · rattlebag · poop bag · toiletry bag · hoebag · emery bag · blackout bag · mummy bag · body bag · gift bag · gym bag · bag and band · airline bag · glovebag · bugout bag · flag bag · baghead · Petty Bag · way out of a paper bag · bagload · blue bag · moneybag · shit bag · pack one's bags · bag people · bag and baggage · water-bag · douche bag · bag phone · barracks bag · onion bag · gamebag · seedbag · baggy · hornbag · bear bag · bag gas · clackerbag · brown bag test · sugarbag · paperbag · paper bag job · fuckbag · nose bag · hosebag · spice bag · nosebag · shoulder bag · beach bag · dumb as a bag of hammers · rubbish bag · grocery bag · snotbag · shitbag · showbag · black bag job · overnight bag · piece-bag · change bag · sugar-bag · eye bags · tog bag · bag reef · in the bag · bean bag · give someone the bag · yoga bag · clothes-bag · blow out one's bags · winebag · wheelie bag · bag under the eye · bag boy · the cat's out of the bag · piece bag · tuckerbag · purple urine bag syndrome · messenger bag · workbag · black-bag · growbag · bag of holding · windbag · bag lunch · diplomatic bag · monkey bag · singlet bag · board bags · paper bag party · bag man · bag of weasels · meatbag · jerrybag · doggie bag · money bag · bag of antlers · bag of bones · exit bag · ditty bag · fleabag · bum bag · sick bag · bulge in the onion bag · Bogota bag · dumber than a bag of hammers · bandolier bag · shopping-bag lady · D-bag · tote · hot water bag · bag of mystery · fun bags · blind bag · specimen bag · old bag · bag of shells · poopbag · diaper bag · cool bag · giftbag · beanless bag · Politzer bag · rune bag · bivi bag · tea bag · handbag · pillow bag · kitbag · baby bag · brown bagging · hot bag · feed-bag · burn bag · dilli bag · cuntbag · sandbag · hoggan-bag · bin bag · dustbag · baggie · brief-bag · post bag · seabag · feed bag · Douglas bag · red bag delivery · bread bag · I lost my bag · bagroom · bag of dicks · bag out · bagger · colostomy bag · hobo bag · beanless bag chair · bathroom bag · lucky bag · wazzbag · piping bag · toilet bag · mess bag · way out of a wet paper bag · moon bag · cockbag · maggot bag · party bag · grotbag · sports bag · sponge-bag · bagmaking · belly bag · have the world by the bag · bulge the onion bag · booster bag · airsickness bag · bag lady · dime-bag · bag silo · air bag · arrow bag · brown paper bag party · stinkbag · show bag · half in the bag · subbag · minibag · cloak bag · feedbag · jiffy-bag · bag of wind · put the fries in the bag · debag · hoe-bag · leave someone holding the bag · beanbag · duffle bag · gig bag · bag around one's eye · polybag · paper-bag · Gladstone bag · boxing bag · waterbag · man-bag · bagwash · postbag · clutch bag · waist bag · rollbag · multibag · grouch bag · bota bag · doofbag · powder-bag · bagboy · bonk bag · slut-bag · bag below the eye · travelling bag · drybag · chalk bag · bag barrow · electronic flight bag · chest bag · bagholder · Jewbag · gunny-bag · weekend bag · barf bag · rebag · bin-bag · sleeping bag · saddle bag · sag bag · jiffy bag · baggable · holdall · bagwork · squint like a bag of nails · chatterbag · get home bag · green-bag · swag bag · netbag · coalbag · mystery bag · johnny bag · douchebag · telescope bag · ballbag · carryall · bag around the eye · eat a bag of dicks · dog bag · blow in the bag · tea-bag · bagful · speed bag · earthbag · bag snatcher · bag of fruit · pusbag · whingebag · bag of waters · bagmaker · bitch bag · dilly bag · zoom bag · bagman · scumbag · hockey bag · mingebag · nappy bag · punching bag · Hoover bag · clothes bag · survival bag · unbag · shellbag · binbag · stoma bag · motion sickness bag · wet bag · Ali Baba bag · side bag · jellybag · suicide bag · nickel bag · continuous bag of words · ho bag · carrot bag · carrier bag · bag-carrier · endobag · flea-bag · bag of tricks · chaffbag · bagwoman · breadbag · toolbag · red bag · undereye bag · throw bag · fleshbag · trolley bag · dust bag · washbag · pissbag · dhobi bag · bread-bag · baghouse · bag under one's eye · muzzle-bag · biobag · wash bag · bagpod · belt bag · trash bag

Descendants

bag · · バッグ · bek · bag · ব্যাগ · beg / بيݢ

Synonyms

jugs · bent · pair · propension · mountain [⇒ thesaurus]s · cantaloupes · tits · melons · waps · milkbag · jubblies · zoomers · multiset · paps · oppai · sack · partiality · tatas · boobs · money makers · funbags · dirty pillows · love · bazookas · boobies · bristols · boobers · titties · shine · mommy milkers · cup of coffee · cup of tea · mammaries · thing · udders · girls · breasteses · bobas · plot · watermelons · funbag · chebs · tiddies · ding-dongs · kazooms · love pillows · bewbs · lady lumps · puppies · predilection · bazooms · itty-bittys · yabos · dog · booba · norks · thing · bangers · badonkers · cans · personality · coconuts · milkers · penchant · megaboobs · chichis · top bollocks · teats · chesticles · mammas · tilt · threepenny bits · cup of joe · hooters · cup of tea · dugs · tote · mammary glands · rack · double Ds · taste · hag · bubs · breasties · dish · propensity · diddy · grapefruits · liking · balloons · boosies · knockers · jahoobies · bubby · preference · breasts · maracas · poke · jam · globes · bazongas · breasticles · charlies · milk jugs · sweater puppies · boobage · calcium cannons · bosom · milkbag · twins · fancy · bag · baps · milkbags · bazoombas · torpedos · affinity · gazongas · twin peaks · babylons · chest melons · casabas · headlights · jigglies · frontage · proclivity · titters · front bumpers · assets · honkers · predisposition · bust

Translations (390)

tr poşet (flexible container) · kmr tûrik (flexible container) · zh 醜姑娘 /丑姑娘 (ugly woman) · fi rumilus (ugly woman) · ru то́рба (flexible container) · fy pûde (flexible container) · hu tasak (flexible container) · ko 봉투 (flexible container) · tk bukja (flexible container) · ru уро́дка (ugly woman) · lez чанта (flexible container) · oj mashkimod (flexible container) · pt feiosa (ugly woman) · zh 袋仔 (flexible container) · pl babon (ugly woman) · tk sumka (flexible container) · pl babsztyl (ugly woman) · gl lurpia (ugly woman) · lad bolsa (flexible container) · tg киф (flexible container) · ota كیسه (flexible container) · ga mála (flexible container) · nl tasje (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · li zak (flexible container) · ru мешо́к (flexible container) · fi kurppa (ugly woman) · ug خالتا (flexible container) · bo སྣོད་ཕད (flexible container) · kmr torbe (flexible container) · ug سومكا (flexible container) · or ବ୍ୟାଗ (flexible container) · zza torbe (flexible container) · am ቦርሳ (flexible container) · lad torba (flexible container) · el σάκος (flexible container) · gd baga (flexible container) · rsk мещок (flexible container) · sq çantë (flexible container) · ja(general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · fr bique (ugly woman) · ky мүшөк (flexible container) · cs sáček (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · gl barxoleta (flexible container) · zza sel (diq) (baseball: cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base) · za suek (flexible container) · cy cwdyn (flexible container) · fi kassi (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · rm tastga (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · pl babol (ugly woman) · fi pilli (breathalyzer device) · ur بَیگ (flexible container) · as মোনা (flexible container) · mn шуудай (flexible container) · id tas (flexible container) · ru страши́ла (ugly woman) · wuu(flexible container) · ar شَنْطَة (flexible container) · ar جنطة (flexible container) · hu zsák (flexible container) · mr पिशवी (flexible container) · he תִּיק (flexible container) · ang codd (flexible container) · lv maiss (flexible container) · es talego (flexible container) · hy պայուսակ (flexible container) · de Beutel (flexible container) · uz qopcha (flexible container) · ru дурну́шка (ugly woman) · gl bulsa (flexible container) · ar كِيس (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · km កប៉ៅ (flexible container) · hi थैला (general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · egy q:r-f:t-S28 (flexible container) · to kato (flexible container) · hy տոպրակ (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · ht sak (flexible container) · yue(flexible container) · zh 橐仔 (flexible container) · mww hnab (flexible container) · ast bolsa (flexible container) · ca bossa (flexible container) · da bærepose (flexible container) · gl bisallo (flexible container) · ln mofuku (flexible container) · fr sac (flexible container) · th กระเป๋า (flexible container) · ru те́ма (preference) · lus ip (flexible container) · ru паке́т (flexible container) · om korojoo (flexible container) · mn ᠰᠢᠭᠤᠳᠠᠢ (flexible container) · ca bossa (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · ar كيس (flexible container) · pdt Sak (flexible container) · hi झोला (flexible container) · sw mfuko (breathalyzer device) · hi थैली (general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · et kott (flexible container) · gl boria (flexible container) · fr cornet (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · pt feia (ugly woman) · mn богц (general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · zza tewre (diq) (flexible container) · de Sack (flexible container) · be то́рба (flexible container) · bg кеси́я (flexible container) · nl zak (flexible container) · ady шэнтэ (flexible container) · fa ساک (flexible container) · ti ቦርሳ (flexible container) · zh(flexible container) · mnc ᡶᡠᠯᡥᡡ (flexible container) · hu szatyor (flexible container) · my အိတ် (flexible container) · bg торба́ (flexible container) · da sæk (ugly woman) · tr torba (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · fi kassi (flexible container) · es bolsa (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · ca coixí (baseball: cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base) · mn тор (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · ar كِيس (flexible container) · nl zakje (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · sv packa (ugly woman) · mr बॅग (flexible container) · az çanta (flexible container) · fi pussi (flexible container) · be мяшо́к (flexible container) · sc búgia (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · sq qese (flexible container) · ast faltriquera (flexible container) · hi थैली (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · ja(flexible container) · nb veske (flexible container) · ar كيس (flexible container) · gu થેલી (flexible container) · ja(flexible container) · sl torba (flexible container) · ro sac (flexible container) · hi झोला (general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · kk сумка (flexible container) · fa کِیف (flexible container) · tpi bek (flexible container) · kea bolsa (flexible container) · th ถุง (flexible container) · ru паке́т (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · pt sacola (flexible container) · gl buzaca (flexible container) · gd màla (flexible container) · mk кеса (flexible container) · lad chanta (flexible container) · bo ལྟོ་ཕད (flexible container) · mt borża (flexible container) · de Tasche (flexible container) · es jaba (flexible container) · alt калта (flexible container) · ru крокодил (ugly woman) · ar شنطة (flexible container) · ko(flexible container) · fi pussi (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · da sæk (flexible container) · ja バッグ (flexible container) · fi muovipussi (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · gd màileid (flexible container) · fi muovikassi (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · nrf pouque (flexible container) · it busta (flexible container) · sk vrecko (flexible container) · da pose (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · nl tas (flexible container) · ar جَيْب (flexible container) · ru су́мка (flexible container) · nn veske (flexible container) · mg kitabo (flexible container) · ja(paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · kn ಚೀಲ (flexible container) · sw mfuko (flexible container) · is poki (flexible container) · ast talega (flexible container) · lv soma (flexible container) · ms beg (flexible container) · chr ᏕᎦᎵᏗ (flexible container) · sk taška (flexible container) · tr poşet (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · zza poset (ugly woman) · ur کِھیسا (flexible container) · ml സഞ്ചി (flexible container) · ota طوربه (flexible container) · ba тоҡсай (flexible container) · ctd ip (flexible container) · kk сөмке (flexible container) · am ጁኒያ (flexible container) · pl babsko (ugly woman) · ast carcabás (flexible container) · uz sumka (flexible container) · ga cailleach (ugly woman) · fi juttu (preference) · hu táska (flexible container) · hi खीसा (flexible container) · gl taleiga (flexible container) · be су́мка (flexible container) · ha jaka (flexible container) · fa کیسِه (flexible container) · sh tórba (flexible container) · cy bag (flexible container) · ast zurrón (flexible container) · kk дорба (flexible container) · rgn sac (flexible container) · ro pungă (flexible container) · uz xalta (flexible container) · vi bao (flexible container) · mn ᠤᠭᠤᠲᠠ (flexible container) · gl arpella (ugly woman) · tg сумка (flexible container) · fr tasse de thé (preference) · gd poca (flexible container) · zza heqibe (flexible container) · kmr kîs (flexible container) · ny thumba (flexible container) · ar كيس (flexible container) · gl bolsa (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · nb pose (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · mnc ᡶᠠᡩᡠ (flexible container) · fr mégère (ugly woman) · ps تېله (flexible container) · tr paket (flexible container) · pl babus (ugly woman) · rsk торба (flexible container) · ko 가방 (flexible container) · eu poltsa (flexible container) · ota چانطه (flexible container) · txb ṣorpor (flexible container) · io sako (flexible container) · ka პარკი (flexible container) · bn থলে (flexible container) · ug قاپ (flexible container) · ne थैलो (flexible container) · gl pandorca (ugly woman) · lad ibé (flexible container) · cs ježibaba (ugly woman) · grc θύλακος (flexible container) · hy պարկ (flexible container) · tl supot (flexible container) · sq thes (flexible container) · hy տոպրակ (flexible container) · da taske (flexible container) · gl argán (flexible container) · pl worek (flexible container) · bn ব্যাগ (flexible container) · rom gono (flexible container) · tk torba (flexible container) · no burugle (ugly woman) · zh бозы (flexible container) · ur کِیسَہ (flexible container) · fur sac (flexible container) · ne ब्याग (flexible container) · fa کیف (flexible container) · ht sachè (flexible container) · cs pytel (flexible container) · hu zacskó (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · fr poche (flexible container) · tr torba (flexible container) · ar خنشة f ميكا plastic bag (flexible container) · enm male (flexible container) · gl tarasca (ugly woman) · ko 봉지 (flexible container) · ka ტომარა (flexible container) · fj taga (flexible container) · te సంచి (flexible container) · mn уут (flexible container) · az paket (flexible container) · so kiish (flexible container) · mn ᠴᠦᠩᠬᠦ (general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · pl torebka (flexible container) · ba тоҡ (flexible container) · ast morral (flexible container) · lad sako (flexible container) · uk су́мка (flexible container) · hi बैग (flexible container) · dsb měch (flexible container) · es funda (flexible container) · cs taška (flexible container) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (flexible container) · ta பை (flexible container) · el σακούλα (flexible container) · gl faldriqueira (flexible container) · eo sako (flexible container) · pl torba (flexible container) · as টোপোলা (flexible container) · tt торба (flexible container) · es saco (flexible container) · vec spòrta (flexible container) · os голлаг (flexible container) · gl candonga (ugly woman) · sv väska (flexible container) · it sacco (flexible container) · ur جھولا (flexible container) · za duk (flexible container) · tl bag (flexible container) · wym zak (flexible container) · tg халта (flexible container) · egy a:r:f-V33 (flexible container) · pt bolsa (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · fj beki (flexible container) · sv kasse (flexible container) · yi זאַק (flexible container) · ru уро́дина (ugly woman) · ar حَقِيبَة (flexible container) · ru страхолю́дина (ugly woman) · af sak (flexible container) · bg плик (flexible container) · zh(general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · dz ཕད་ཅུང (flexible container) · tr çanta (flexible container) · fi haaska (ugly woman) · ro pungă (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · sh то́рба (flexible container) · kmr telîs (flexible container) · bg чува́л (flexible container) · yi זעקל (flexible container) · fa کِیسَه (flexible container) · ru кики́мора (ugly woman) · gl falchoca (flexible container) · mn цүнх (general term for a container made of leather, plastic, or other material) · kw sagh (flexible container) · ne झोला (flexible container) · mk ташна (flexible container) · oc pòcha (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · bg ча́нта (flexible container) · sv påse (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · fr sachet (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · mn уут (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · hi थैली (flexible container) · es cartucho (flexible container) · nrf puk (flexible container) · ur تَھیلا (flexible container) · uk то́рба (flexible container) · gun voxa (flexible container) · ar چيس (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · uk чува́л (flexible container) · la follis (flexible container) · kmr çante (flexible container) · enm bagge (flexible container) · mr पिशवी (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · lo ຖົງ (flexible container) · gl motela (flexible container) · sk vrece (flexible container) · lo ກະເປົາ (flexible container) · vi túi (flexible container) · es bolsa (flexible container) · de Tüte (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · fi laukku (flexible container) · de Sackerl (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · lus ịp (flexible container) · zom ip (flexible container) · yue(flexible container) · ast follica (flexible container) · lt krepšys (flexible container) · zh(flexible container) · as জোলোঙা (flexible container) · uk мішо́к (flexible container) · pt saco (flexible container) · gl antaruxa (ugly woman) · unm mënutès (flexible container) · de Sackerl (flexible container) · tl bulsa (flexible container) · fr cornet (flexible container) · wa saetch (flexible container) · ky сумка (flexible container) · wa saetchot (flexible container) · li tuut (flexible container) · mk торба (flexible container) · mk чанта (flexible container) · fr truc (preference) · hi थैला (flexible container) · tru ܫ̰ܰܢܛܰܐ (flexible container) · it sacchetto (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · az torba (flexible container) · fi ostoskassi (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · el σακούλα (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) · rsk ташка (flexible container) · sv säck (flexible container) · akk luppum (flexible container) · fi säkki (flexible container) · fj kato (flexible container) · am ጆንያ (flexible container) · zh 醜八怪 /丑八怪 (ugly woman) · ko 자루 (flexible container) · la saccus (flexible container) · unm èmsinutay (flexible container)

Source: en.wiktionary, “bag” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

bag en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /baɡ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (US) audio
  • (Canada) audio
  • /beɪ̯ɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • /baɡ/ (Northern-England, Scotland)
  • /baːɡ/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • /bæɡ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bæːɡ/ (Australia)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /bɛɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Inherited from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To put into a bag.
  2. (informal, transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score ▸ To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    • We bagged three deer yesterday.
    • He was a fine specimen, very large and with a beautiful coat, and I wish I had had the luck to bag him. 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 55:
    • "As a matter of fact my thoughts were flashing between Ronda and that man-eating tiger I'm going to bag tomorrow." 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147:
  3. (transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score ▸ To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
    • the two opposition groups have bagged almost 300 of the 500 seats contested in the election. 2023 May 14, Tan Tam Mei, “Thai election: Early results show opposition parties in the lead”, in The Straits Times:
  4. (slang, transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score ▸ To steal.
    • "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan. "It isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter. "Of course, now you put it that way, I see. No one could say you had bagged a coat as long as you leave it in the wardrobe where you found it. And I suppose this whole country is in the wardrobe." 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
  5. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score ▸ To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
    • When we hit the club to go and hell-raise / Probably end up baggin' the cocktail waitress 2020, “Those Kinda Nights”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran:
  6. (slang, transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score ▸ To arrest.
    • Free bro, free bro, we got bagged for a M 2021 January 29, JS x Jtrapz, “Straight On Smoke”, 0:54–0:56:
  7. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
    • a bee bagged with his honeyed venom 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
  8. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag. ▸ To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  9. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag. ▸ To fit with a bag to collect urine.
    • The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn. 1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics, page 205:
  10. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag ▸ To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
    • The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
    • The brisk wind bagged the sails.
  11. To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag ▸ To hang like an empty bag.
    • His trousers bag at the knees.
    • And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force? 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 11, in Small Island, London: Review, page 125:
  12. (intransitive) To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag ▸ To drop away from the correct course.
  13. (intransitive, obsolete) To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag ▸ To become pregnant.
    • VVell, Venus ſhortly bagged, and ere long vvas Cupid bread, […] 1602, William Warner, “The Sixt Booke. Chapter XXX.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 148:
  14. To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
    • I'll get the sonofa—” “Listen, just bag that punchout shit for the moment. You've got a problem, and don't forget it. 2014, Harlan Ellison, Spider Kiss:
    • “Or we can bag that part of it and just go straight inside,” Bolan suggested. 2007, Don Pendleton, Ripple Effect, page 322:
    • I will just bag that. If not in the trade bill, that people believe should not interfere with the President's ability to negotiate a trade agreement, how would it be dealt with? 1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, 105-1 Hearing: Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority:
    • 'Oh bag that,' said Nelson. 'Do the Edmund stuff — no, cut, we'll do it later, look, it's knocking midnight.' 2002, Glyn Maxwell, Time's Fool: A Tale in Verse, page 296:
    • Well, even if your VCR is still blinking “12:00," I hope you're smart enough to stay inside when it's that cold and just bag that workout. 1998, Ed Burke, Precision Heart Rate Training, page 78:
    • I may just bag that. I think poets have an obligation to boost the magazines they appear in. 1977, The Publication of Poetry and Fiction, page 97:
  15. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To laugh uncontrollably.
  16. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bagging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bags Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bagged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bagged Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

slag-bag · bag down · wheat bag · bags · bag and tag · shag-bag · bag off · shag bag · bag barrow · bagsy

Synonyms

nick

Translations (64)

ja 仕留める (to catch) · fi piruilla (to criticise sarcastically) · sv packa (to put into a bag) · ja 袋に入れる (to put into a bag) · io ensakigar (to put into a bag) · fr mettre la main (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) · mi whawhao (to put into a bag) · fi napata (to catch) · th กระเป๋า (to provide artificial ventilation) · nl in een zak steken (to put into a bag) · fi säkittää (to put into a bag) · fi saada (to catch) · tr torbalamak (to put into a bag) · mr बॅगेत घालणे (to put into a bag) · pt empacotar (to put into a bag) · nl inpakken (to put into a bag) · fr pendre (to swell or hang down like a full bag) · tr poşetlemek (to put into a bag) · nl in een zak stoppen (to put into a bag) · it insaccare (to put into a bag) · fi paisua (to swell with arrogance) · it sbolgiare (to hang like an empty bag) · is setja í poka (to put into a bag) · fi panna pussiin (to put into a bag) · tr çuvallamak (to put into a bag) · fi roikkua (to hang like an empty bag) · nl verpakken (to put into a bag) · no bagge (to provide artificial ventilation) · fr pendre (to hang like an empty bag) · bg улавям (to catch) · is sekkja (to put into a bag) · ja 鞄に入れる (to put into a bag) · fi hankkia (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) · fi keljuilla (to criticise sarcastically) · bg сла́гам в торба́ (to put into a bag) · sk zabaliť (to put into a bag) · fi resuskitoida (to provide artificial ventilation) · fr se la péter (to swell with arrogance) · fi varata (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) · fi pyydystää (to catch) · ia insaccar (to put into a bag) · fi kassittaa (to put into a bag) · fi tiinehtyä (to become pregnant) · mi whao (to put into a bag) · sk zbaliť (to bring a woman on the street) · sk zbaliť (to put into a bag) · yue(to put into a bag) · fi kaataa (to catch) · fi pussittaa (to put into a bag) · fr attraper (to catch) · is veiða (to catch) · fi pussittaa (to hang like an empty bag) · fi pullistua (to swell or hang down like a full bag) · fr choper (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) · mr पिशवीत घालणे (to put into a bag) · fr ensacher (to put into a bag) · fr choper (to catch) · nb hanke inn (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) · es embolsar (to put into a bag) · fi taluttaa (to bring a woman on the street) · vi bỏ vào bao (to put into a bag) · fr éclater de rire (to laugh uncontrollably) · pt ensacar (to put into a bag) · fi nauraa hysteerisesti (to laugh uncontrollably)