Bag Definition–noun | 1. | a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch. |
| 2. | something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle. |
| 3. | a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling. |
| 5. | the amount or quantity a bag can hold. |
| 6. | any of various measures of capacity. |
| 7. | a sac, as in an animal body. |
| 9. | Slang. a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixture of narcotics. |
| 10. | something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part: He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep. |
| 11. | Baseball. base1 (def. 8b). |
| 12. | Hunting. the amount of game taken, esp. by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period. |
| 13. | Slang. | a. | a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: Jazz isn't my bag. |
| b. | a person's mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a mean bag today. |
| c. | an environment, condition, or situation. |
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| 14. | bags, | a. | Informal. plenty; much; many (usually fol. by of): bags of time; bags of money. |
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–verb (used without object) | 15. | to swell or bulge: A stiff breeze made the sails bag out. |
| 16. | to hang loosely like an empty bag: His socks bagged at the ankles. |
| 17. | to pack groceries or other items into a bag. |
–verb (used with object) | 18. | to cause to swell or bulge; distend: The wind bagged the curtain. |
| 20. | Informal. to kill or catch, as in hunting: I bagged my first deer when I was a teenager. |
| 21. | Theater. clew (def. 9a). |
–interjection | 22. | bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags it! Bags, I go first! |
—Idioms| 23. | Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip: I bagged my math class today. We'd better bag the deal. I was working too hard so I decided to bag it. |
| 24. | bag and baggage, | a. | with all one's personal property: When they went to collect the rent, they found he had left, bag and baggage. |
| b. | completely, totally: The equipment had disappeared, bag and baggage, without even the slightest trace. |
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| 25. | bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal. |
| 26. | 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. |
| 27. | hold the bag, Informal. to be forced to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared: His accomplices flew to South America on news of the theft and left him holding the bag. |
| 28. | in the bag, Informal. virtually certain; assured; definite: Her promotion is in the bag. The sale of the house is in the bag. |
| 29. | old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman: a gossipy old bag. |
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