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bag

/bˈæɡ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

  1. a flexible container with a single opening
    “he stuffed his laundry into a large bag”
  2. the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
    “his bag included two deer”
  3. a place that the runner must touch before scoring
    “he scrambled to get back to the bag”
  4. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
    “she reached into her bag and found a comb”
  5. the quantity that a bag will hold
    “he ate a large bag of popcorn”
  6. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
    “he carried his small bag onto the plane with him”
  7. an ugly or ill-tempered woman
    “he was romancing the old bag for her money”
  8. mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
  9. an activity that you like or at which you are superior
    “chemistry is not my cup of tea”

verb

  1. capture or kill, as in hunting
    “bag a few pheasants”
  2. hang loosely, like an empty bag
  3. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
  4. take unlawfully
  5. put into a bag
    “The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries”

Synonyms for bag

Words that rhyme with bag

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