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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi, cognate with Old French bagage (baggage), bague (pack, bundle, belonging).

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[edit] Noun

Singular
bag

Plural
bags

bag (plural bags)

  1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  2. (informal) A ladies' handbag
  3. One’s preference.
    Acid House is not my bag, I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
  4. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
  5. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  6. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
    He headed back to the bag.
  7. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer device, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to bag

Third person singular
bags

Simple past
bagged

Past participle
bagged

Present participle
bagging

to bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)

  1. To put into a bag.
  2. To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    We bagged three deer yesterday.
  3. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  4. (slang, African American Vernacular) To be caught by the police.
  5. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  6. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
  7. (Australian, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
  8. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak (back).

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bag

  1. behind

[edit] Noun

bag c. (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)

  1. behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
  2. seat (part of clothing)

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bag

  1. behind

[edit] Etymology 2

Verbal noun to bage (bake).

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bag n.

  1. pastry

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bag

  1. Imperative of bage.

[edit] Meriam

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bag

  1. cheek

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

Loanword from Old Norse baggi through English bag.

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[edit] Noun

bag

  1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or a sack.
  2. On a baby carriage: a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

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[edit] Rohingya

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From Bengali

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bag

  1. tiger

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From the English word bag.

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Inflection for bag Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bag bagen bagar bagarna
Genitive bags bagens bagars bagarnas

bag c.

  1. A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From Meriam bag.

[edit] Noun

bag

  1. (eastern dialect) cheek

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  • masa (western dialect)
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