| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b g |
| NOUN: | 1a. A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items. b. A handbag; a purse. c. A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel. d. 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. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: bagged, bag·ging, bags
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 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 a. To fail to attend purposely; skip: bagged classes for the day and went to the beach. b. To stop doing or considering; abandon: bagged the idea and started from scratch. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To pack items in a bag. 2. To hang loosely. 3. To swell out; bulge. | | IDIOMS: | bag and baggage 1. With all one's belongings. 2. To a complete degree; entirely. bag it Slang 1. To cease discussion of an issue: Finally in disgust I told my debating opponent to bag it. 2. To bring along one's lunch, as in a paper bag: I don't like cafeteria food, so I always bag it. in the bag Assured of a successful outcome; virtually accomplished or won. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi. | | OTHER FORMS: | bag ful —NOUN
bagger —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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