bag

²bag

verb

baggedbag·ging

Definition of BAG

intransitive verb

1

: to swell out : bulge

2

: to hang loosely

transitive verb

1

: to cause to swell

2

: to put into a bag

3

a : to take (animals) as game b : to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth c : capture, seize d : to shoot down : destroy

4

: to achieve in or as if in competition : win <bag a play-off berth>

5

: to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable <decided to bag her job and move to the country> —often used with it

— bag·ger noun

Examples of BAG

1. He got a job bagging groceries.
2. The hunters bagged five deer altogether.
3. We bagged 10 fish today.
4. She's expected to bag the award for the team's most valuable player.
5. I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.

First Known Use of BAG

15th century

Related to BAG

Synonyms: bulge, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Antonyms: miss

Related Words: dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms: compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

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Rhymes with BAG

ag, brag, crag, dag, drag, fag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scag, scrag, shag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, YAG, zag