bag

bag [bag]

n.

[ME bagge < ON baggi]

1. a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch

2. a piece of hand luggage; suitcase

3. a woman's handbag or purse

4.

a) a container for game

b) the amount of game caught or killed

5. a bagful

6. anything shaped like a bag

7. any thing or part shaped or bulging like a bag [bags under the eyes, bags at trouser knees]

8. an udder or similar pouchlike membrane or sac

9. [pl.] [Brit. Informal] Brit. Informal trousers

☆ 10. Slang one's special sphere of interest, milieu, talent, obsession, etc.

☆ 11. [< BAGGAGE, sense 3a] Slang an unattractive woman

12. Baseball a base

vt.

bagged, bagging

1. to make bulge

2. to enclose within a bag

3. to seize; capture

4. to kill in or as in hunting

5. Slang to obtain or collect

6. Slang to quit, forgo, or give up on [I bagged retail for a sales job]: also in the phrase bag it!

vi.

1. to swell like a full bag

2. to hang loosely

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bag and baggage Informal

1. with all one's possessions

2. completely; entirely

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be left holding the bag

Informal to be left to suffer the bad consequences or the blame

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in the bag

☆ 1. Slang having its success assured; certain

☆ 2. Slang drunk; intoxicated