sandbag

English

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Noun

sandbag (plural sandbags)

1. a bag, filled with sand, that can be used to weigh something down, to make a defensive wall against flooding etc, or as a weapon

Translations

a bag filled with sand

Finnish: hiekkasäkki French: sac de sable (fr) m. German: Sandsack (de) n. Italian: sacchetto di sabbia m.

Japanese: 土嚢/土のう (どのう, donou) Korean: 모래 부대 Polish: worek z piaskiem (pl) m. Spanish: saco de arena m.

Verb

sandbag (third-person singular simple present sandbags, present participle sandbagging, simple past and past participle sandbagged)

1. To construct a wall of sandbags (around something).
2. (transitive) To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
3. (transitive) To deceive someone by pretending to be weak, or (in cards) to have a weak hand.
4. To pretend to drink early on so that as the night draws on one can drink everyone "under the table".