Bag
WordNet
noun
(1) An activity that you like or at which you are superior
"Chemistry is not my cup of tea"
"His bag now is learning to play golf"
"Marriage was scarcely his dish"
(2) Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
(3) A flexible container with a single opening
"He stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
(4) A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
"He carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
(5) A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
"She reached into her bag and found a comb"
(6) Place that runner must touch before scoring
"He scrambled to get back to the bag"
(7) An ugly or ill-tempered woman
"He was romancing the old bag for her money"
(8) The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
"His bag included two deer"
(9) The quantity that a bag will hold
"He ate a large bag of popcorn"
verb
(10) Capture or kill, as in hunting
"Bag a few pheasants"
(11) Put into a bag
"The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"
(12) Take unlawfully
(13) Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
(14) Hang loosely, like an empty bag
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from , cognate with Old French , .
Noun
- A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
- A ladies' handbag
- One’s preference.
- Acid House is not my bag, I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
- An ugly woman.
- The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
- First, second, or third base.
- He headed back to the bag.
- A breathalyzer device, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
Verb
- To put into a bag.
- To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- We bagged three deer yesterday.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- To be caught by the police.
- To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
- To laugh uncontrollably.
- To criticise sarcastically.
- To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
Related terms
- airbag, air bag
- bagboy
- baggage
- bag lady
- bag lunch
- bag of bones
- bagger
- baggy
- beanbag
- binbag
- carrier bag
- dilly bag
- doggy bag
- double bagger
- douche bag
- handbag
- gladstone bag
- goody bag, goodie bag
- grab bag
- holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag
- kitbag
- let the cat out of the bag
- mixed bag
- moneybag
- overnight bag
- paper bag
- plastic bag
- shopping bag
- sickbag
- sleeping bag
- teabag
- toolbag
- windbag