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bag
baɡ
Meanings
noun
- a flexible container with an opening at the top, used for carrying things.E.g. he arrived at the children's ward carrying a bag full of toys for the young patients
- one's particular interest or taste.E.g. ask the manager about mild curries, if that's your bag
- a woman, especially an older one, perceived as unpleasant or unattractive.
- a base.
- (in southern Africa) a unit of measurement, used especially of grain, equal to 70 kg (formerly 200 lb).
verb
- put (something) in a bag.E.g. customers bagged their own groceries
- succeed in killing or catching (an animal).E.g. Mike bagged nineteen cod
- (of clothes, especially trousers) form loose bulges due to wear.E.g. these trousers never bag at the knee
- a child's expression used to make a claim to something.E.g. bags his jacket
- abandon or give up on.E.g. she ought to just bag this marriage and get on with her life
- fit (a patient) with an oxygen mask or other respiratory aid.
- criticize.E.g. the fans should be backing him not bagging him
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