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bag
1[ bag ]
noun
- 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. base 1( 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 ).
verb (used without object)
- 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!
verb (used with object)
- 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 ): We'd better bag the deal.
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鈥檛 bag my vegan diet鈥擨 feel great since I started it.
- Theater. clew ( def 9a ).
interjection
- bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags, I go first!
Bags it!
Bags, I go first!
B.Ag.
2abbreviation for
- Bachelor of Agriculture.
bag
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noun
- a flexible container with an opening at one end
- Also calledbagful 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.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 bonesa 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
verb
- 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
- informal.tr to reserve or secure the right to do or to have something
he bagged the best chair
- slang.tr to criticize; disparage
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产补驳路濒颈办别 adjective
- 耻苍路产补驳驳别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bag1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bag1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
Her promotion is in the bag.
The sale of the house is in the bag.
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing bag
- brown bagger
- grab bag
- in the bag
- leave holding the bag
- let the cat out of the bag
- mixed bag
Example Sentences
If you鈥檙e bringing a bag, make sure it鈥檚 clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and not bigger than 12鈥 x 6鈥 x 12.鈥
A food bank is to hand out just one bag of food a month because it is running out of money.
The couple's baby Victoria, their fifth child, was found dead in a shed on a Brighton allotment, in a shopping bag covered in rubbish in March 2023.
We mixed each property鈥檚 soil 鈥 collected from four inches deep in multiple spots within a five- to 10-foot radius 鈥 in a plastic bag.
Paul Leighton is packing his rucksack with a heavy-duty hammer, pry bar and evidence bags for what he describes as "just an average day out".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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