sandbagging

Variant of sandbag

sandbag definition

sand·bag (sand′bag′)

noun

  1. a bag filled with sand and used for ballast, in military fortifications, for levee protection against floods, etc.
  2. ☆ a small, narrow bag filled with sand and used as a bludgeon

transitive verb sandbagged -·bagged′, sandbagging -·bag′·ging

  1. to place sandbags in or around
  2. ☆ to strike or stun with a sandbag
  3. ☆ Informal to force into doing something
  4. ☆ Slang to deceive (an opponent), as by deliberately playing poorly

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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