airbag

noun

air·​bag ˈer-ˌbag 

variants or air bag

: a bag that is inflated with air typically for use as a cushion or safety device

especially : such a bag installed in an automobile as a safety device designed to inflate automatically in case of collision

Examples of airbag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Modern vehicles rely on piezo components in fuel injectors, parking sensors, airbag systems and other functions. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026

Avalanche airbags can be part of a backpack and can be manually deployed in an avalanche situation, and can reduce the risk of mortality when overtaken by a slide. —Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026

An avalanche airbag backpack that inflates after the skier pulls the trigger giving the person a chance to stay above or close to the surface during an avalanche. —ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026

Between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, thieves broke into 24 cars – all of them Hondas – and removed the airbags from the steering wheels. —Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airbag

• handbag
• ragtag
• sandbag
• ag
• bag
• brag
• dag
• drag
• flag
• gag
• hag
• hagg

Kids Definition

air bag

noun

: an automobile safety device consisting of a bag designed to inflate automatically especially in front of a rider in case of a collision