bag
bag (băg) noun
Abbr. bg.
1. a. 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 a satchel. d. An organic sac or pouch, such as the udder of a cow.
2. An object that resembles a pouch.
3. Nautical. The 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
bagged, bagging, bags
verb, transitive
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.
verb, intransitive
1. To hang loosely.
2. To swell out; bulge.
idiom.
bag it Slang
1. To be a truant.
2. To cease discussion of an issue: Finally in disgust I told my debating opponent to bag it.
in the bag
Assured of a successful outcome; virtually accomplished or won.
[Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi.]
bagʹful noun
bagʹger noun