bags

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English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: băgz, IPA(key): /bæɡz/, /bæːɡz/
  • Audio (AU):(file)

Etymology 1

Noun

bags

  1. plural of bag
  2. (often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity.
    No need to rush, there's bags of time.
    Please take as many coat hangers as you like. I've got bags.
  3. (slang) Loose-fitting trousers.

Verb

bags

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bag

Etymology 2

Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (make first claim on something).

Alternative forms

Verb

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  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To reserve for oneself.
    • 2006, Jill Golden, Inventing Beatrice, page 81,
      So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day.
    • 2007, Debra Oswald. Getting Air, page 66,
      Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.
    • 2008, Kate Dellar-Evans, Best of Friends: The First Thirty Years of the Friendly Street Poets, page 13,
      Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard.
    • 2009, J. Lodge, Black Mail, page 316,
      ‘Hey, it′s my turn in the front,’ Kalista called as she realised her brother had bagsed the front seat.
    • 2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 214:
      They used to share the water as kids, and for some reason Irene always managed to bags the first bath; Riva made do with the soapy second.
Synonyms

Interjection

bags

  1. Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.
    Bags I sit in the front seat!

Anagrams


Danish

Noun

bags c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bag

Swedish

Noun

bags

  1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of bag