bag

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Etymology

From Middle English bagge, borrowed from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”), related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek βάσταγμα (bástagma, “load”)).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: băg, IPA(key): /ˈbæɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

bag (plural bags)

  1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) poke, sack, tote
    Hyponym: bindle
  2. (informal) A handbag
    Synonyms: handbag, (US) purse
  3. A suitcase.
  4. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  5. (slang) One’s preference.
    Synonyms: cup of tea, thing; see also Thesaurus:predilection
    Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
  6. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
    Synonyms: dog, hag
  7. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  8. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
    He headed back to the bag.
  9. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  10. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
    Synonym: multiset
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      If one has a bag of three apples and the letter 'a' is taken to denote 'apple', then such bag could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Note that in an ordinary context, when talking about a bag of apples, one does not care about identifying the individual apples, although one might be interested in distinguishing apples by species, for example, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.
  11. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
    the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
    the bag of a cow
  12. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  13. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  14. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
  15. (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
  16. (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
    • {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Ken Ilgunas|title=Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom|page=14|passage=With gravel stuck to my cheek, I pulled myself back in the car, looked in the rearview mirror, and saw, looking back at me, a young man with a pale face and a purple bag under each eye. I looked pitiful […] }
  17. (slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.

Translations

suitcase — see suitcase
backpack — see backpack
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Verb

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  1. To put into a bag.
  2. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    We bagged three deer yesterday.
    • 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 55:
      He was a fine specimen, very large and with a beautiful coat, and I wish I had had the luck to bag him.
  3. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  4. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      a bee bagged with his honeyed venom
  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. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
  8. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  9. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
    The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
    The brisk wind bagged the sails.
  10. To hang like an empty bag.
    • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,[1]
      [...] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots.
    • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Eleven, p. 125,[2]
      And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force?
    His trousers bag at the knees.
  11. (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
  12. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  13. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Warner. (Alb. Eng.) to this entry?)

Translations

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: 백 (baek)
  • Norwegian: bag

Anagrams

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bague.

Noun

bag

  1. ring

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either of substratum origin or from a Vulgar Latin *begō, from Late Latin bīgō, from Latin bīga. Less likely from Greek βάζω (vázo, “put in, set on”). May have originally referred to putting animals under a yoke. Compare Romanian băga, bag.

Verb

bag (past participle bãgatã)

  1. I put, place, apply.

See also

Breton

Etymology

Probably tied to Old French bac (“flat boat”), itself of obscure origin.

Noun

bag f

  1. boat

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak (“back”).

Adverb

bag

  1. behind

Noun

bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)

  1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
  2. seat (part of clothing)
Inflection
Declension of bag
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bag bagen bage bagene
genitive bags bagens bages bagenes
Synonyms

Preposition

bag

  1. behind

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of bage (“bake”).

Noun

bag n

  1. pastry
Synonyms

Verb

bag

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bage

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bague (“ring”).

Noun

bag

  1. ring

Meriam

Noun

bag

  1. cheek

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Pronunciation

Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bager, definite plural bagene)

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bagar, definite plural bagane)

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

References

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”) Cognate to Old English bēag

Noun

bāg m

  1. a ring

Inflection

Declension of bāg (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative bāg bāgar, bāga
genitive bāges bāga
dative bāge bāgum, bāgem
accusative bāg bāgar, bāga

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra).

Noun

bag

  1. tiger

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

bag

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of băga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Noun

bag c

  1. A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

Declension

Declension of bag 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bag bagen bagar bagarna
Genitive bags bagens bagars bagarnas

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam bag.

Noun

bag

  1. (anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek

Synonyms

  • masa (western dialect)

Turkmen

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar)

  1. garden
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