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[bag] /bæg/
something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle.
a purse or moneybag.
the amount or quantity a bag can hold.
any of various measures of capacity.
a sac, as in an animal body.
an udder.
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 8b).
  1. a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession:
    Jazz isn't my bag.
  2. a person's mood or frame of mind:
    The boss is in a mean bag today.
  3. an environment, condition, or situation.
  1. Informal. plenty; much; many (usually followed by of):
    bags of time; bags of money.
  2. Slang. trousers.
verb (used without object), bagged, bagging.
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.
verb (used with object), bagged, bagging.
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.
Theater, clew (def 9a).
bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something):
Bags it! Bags, I go first!
Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip:
bag and baggage,
  1. with all one's personal property:
  2. completely, totally:
bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal.
bag of tricks, a supply of expedient resources; stratagems:
hold the bag, Informal. to be forced to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared:
in the bag, Informal. virtually certain; assured; definite:
old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman:
a gossipy old bag.
Origin of bag
1200-50; 1920-25 for def 28; Middle English bagge < Old Norse baggi pack, bundle
Related forms
baglike, adjective
unbagged, adjective
Can be confused
bag, sac, sack, sacque.
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. Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for bagged
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  • Is not money, bagged up in stocks and other investments, as merchandise?

    Sheppard Lee, Vol. II (of 2) Robert Montgomery Bird
  • Had she earned them by lying on her back or had she bagged them somewhere?

    L'Assommoir Emile Zola
  • Joseph Calvin hurried in and out, a busy little rat of a man who always wore shiny clothes that bagged at the knees and elbows.

    In the Heart of a Fool William Allen White
  • Nobody has been bagged as yet, but the Clare folks are still hoping.

    Ireland as It Is Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Here too, he had bagged quite a goodly number while she waited for him, and under exactly the same circumstances.

    A Secret of the Lebombo Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for bagged


a flexible container with an opening at one end
Also called bagful. the contents of or amount contained in such a container
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
(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
(informal) bag and baggage
  1. with all one's belongings
  2. entirely
a bag of bones, a lean creature
(slang) in the bag, almost assured of succeeding or being obtained
(informal) the bag of tricks, the whole bag of tricks, every device; everything
verb bags, bagging, bagged
(transitive) to put into a bag
to bulge or cause to bulge; swell
(transitive) to capture or kill, as in hunting
(transitive) to catch, seize, or steal
(intransitive) to hang loosely; sag
(transitive) to achieve or accomplish: she bagged seven birdies
(transitive) (Brit, informal) to reserve or secure the right to do or to have something: he bagged the best chair
(transitive) (Austral, slang) to criticize; disparage
See also bags
Word Origin
C13: probably from Old Norse baggi; related to Old French bague bundle, pack, Medieval Latin baga chest, sack, Flemish bagge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for bagged







Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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bagged in Medicine

bag (bāg)

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


The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Slang definitions & phrases for bagged



  1. Drunk (1950s+)
  2. Prearranged; fixed
  3. Exhausted; beat, pooped: I'm too bagged to breathe

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[1940s+; fr the phrase in the bag]



  1. The scrotum (1920s+)
  2. A condom; rubber, scumbag (1950s+)
  3. The cushionlike marker that serves as a base (mid-1800s+ Baseball)
  4. A portion of narcotics, often wrapped in a paper or glassine envelope: They found three nickel bags of marijuana on him (1960s+ Narcotics)
  5. A woman's breast • Bag has long meant an animal's udder (mid-1600s+)
  6. An unattractive girl or woman; ugly woman (1920s+)
  7. That which one prefers or is doing currently; kick, thing •Said to be fr bag of tricks (1950s+ Jazz musicians)
  8. One's preference; something suited to one's preferences or talents: Archaeology is her bag, man
  9. n environment; milieu; scene: That fox comes out of a very intellectual bag (1950s+ Jazz musicians)


  1. To get or capture: to bag a gold medal/ They bagged the mugger in the next block (1814+)
  2. To arrest; bust, collar: You don't have to bag nuns (1800s+)
  3. To discharge; can, fire, sack: Just say the author was willing to bag an old friend (mid-1800s+)
  4. To suppress; get rid of; discard: Let's bag the whole notion, okay? (1960s+)
  5. (also bag it) To avoid; not attend; skip: We can bag gym class/ Like bag this movie, for sure (1892+ Students)
  6. (also bag it) To abandon; cease; give up: I had to bag it. I had to give up all that stuff (1980s+ Students)
  7. To include; categorize; group with: We're always bagged in England with bands like Iron Maiden (1960s+)
  8. To break into for a clandestine investigation; do a black-bag job on: we picked up conversations by traveling execs, then ''bagged'' their hotel rooms to rummage through attache´ cases (1990s+)
  9. BAG ON someone (1990s+)
  10. To inhale fumes of an intoxicating substance: the dangers of inhaling, sniffing, and ''bagging'' such chemicals (1960s+ Narcotics)

Related Terms

brown-bag, dime bag, ditty bag, doggy bag, douche bag, fag bag, fleabag, grab-bag, hair bag, half in the bag, have a bag on, in the bag, jiffy bag, let the cat out of the bag, nickel bag, old bag, rum bag, sandbag, sleazebag, slimebag, stash bag, tie a bag on, windbag

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Related Abbreviations for bagged


busting a gut [laughing]


Bachelor of Agriculture
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bagged in the Bible


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