noun
- a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch
- a piece of hand luggage; suitcase
- a woman's handbag or purse
- a container for game
- the amount of game caught or killed
- a bagful
- anything shaped like a bag
- any thing or part shaped or bulging like a bag: bags under the eyes, bags at trouser knees
- an udder or similar pouchlike membrane or sac
- Brit., Informal trousers
- ☆ Slang one's special sphere of interest, milieu, talent, obsession, etc.
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Origin:
< baggage, sense
Slang an unattractive woman - Baseball a base
Origin:
ME bagge < ON baggi
transitive verb bagged, bagging
- to make bulge
- to enclose within a bag
- to seize; capture
- to kill in or as in hunting
- Slang to obtain or collect
- Slang to quit, forgo, or give up on: I bagged retail for a sales job