Definition of
Bag
- (noun, artifact) a flexible container with a single opening
- (noun, quantity) the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- (noun, artifact) a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- (noun, artifact) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- (noun, quantity) the quantity that a bag will hold
- (noun, artifact) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- (noun, person) an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- (noun, animal) mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
- (noun, act) an activity that you like or at which you are superior
his bag now is learning to play golf
marriage was scarcely his dish - (verb, contact) capture or kill, as in hunting
- (verb, stative) hang loosely, like an empty bag
- (verb, stative) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- (verb, possession) take unlawfully
- (verb, contact) put into a bag
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Synonyms of Bag
bagful, base, bulge, cup of tea, dish, grip, handbag, old bag, pocket, pocketbook, purse, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag, udder
Alternate forms of Bag
Derivations: bag, bagger, bagging
Hyponyms: air bag, back pack, backpack, beanbag, bladder, body bag, book bag, burlap bag, burn bag, carpetbag, carrier bag, carryall, clutch, clutch bag, drawstring bag, dust bag, envelope, etui, evening bag, feedbag, first base, gamebag, garment bag, gasbag, gladstone, gladstone bag, golf bag, gripsack, gunny sack, gunnysack, haversack, holdall, home, home base, home plate, human remains pouch, ice bag, ice pack, knapsack, mailbag, nosebag, overnight bag, overnight case, overnighter, packsack, pannier, paper bag, personnel pouch, plastic bag, plate, poke, portmanteau, postbag, pouch, protuberate, purse, ragbag, reticule, rosin bag, rucksack, sachet, sack, saddlebag, sandbag, schoolbag, second base, shopping bag, shoulder bag, sick bag, sickbag, skin, sleeping bag, sponge bag, sweat bag, tea bag, third, third base, toilet bag, tool bag, tote, tote bag, tucker-bag, vacuum bag, weekender
Hypernyms: activity, baggage, baseball equipment, capture, catch, container, containerful, disagreeable woman, droop, flag, indefinite quantity, jut, jut out, luggage, mamma, mammary gland, pack, project, protrude, sag, steal, stick out, swag, unpleasant woman
Origin of the word Bag
- early 13c., bagge, from O.N. baggi or a similar Scandinavian source, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin. Disparaging slang for "woman" dates from 1924 (though various specialized senses of this are much older). Meaning "person's area of interest or expertise" is 1964, from Black Eng. slang, from jazz sense of "category," probably via notion of putting something i… more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Bag
b.c., b.c.e., baas, babassu, babka, babushka, baby buggy, baby shoe, baby-wise, babyish, bacca, bacchic, bacchus, baccy, bach, back, back away, back saw, backache, backhoe, backsaw, backsheesh, backwash, bagascosis, bagasse, bagassosis, baggage, baggy, bahasa, baic, baisa, baisakh, baiza, baize, bake, bakehouse, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, baku, base
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