Main Entry: ¹bag

Pronunciation: \ˈbag also ˈbāg\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi

Date: 13th century

1 : a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something: as a : purse; especially : handbag b : a bag for game c : suitcase
2 : something resembling a bag: as a (1) : a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ; especially : udder (2) : a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin b : a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth c : a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball
3 : the amount contained in a bag
4 a : a quantity of game taken; also : the maximum legal quantity of game b : an assortment or collection especially of nonmaterial things <a bag of tricks>
5 : an unattractive woman
6 : something one likes or does regularly or well; also : one's characteristic way of doing things

— in the bag 1 : sure, certain <her nomination was in the bag>; also : assured of a successful conclusion : sewn up <have the game in the bag>
2 slang : drunk 1a