book bag

noun

variants or less commonly bookbag

ˈbu̇k-ˌbag 

plural book bags also bookbags

: a bag or sack (such as a knapsack) often with a handle or strap that is used for holding books and other items

Students who attended the event each received a bookbag filled with school supplies such as notebooks, folders, pencil pouches, pencils, pens and crayons.

—Ron Zeitlinger

Examples of book bag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In one day, volunteers helped assemble more than 2,000 curriculum kits and book bags. — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 18 May 2026

Eric Billops was standing at a bus stop Wednesday afternoon as Hyde Park Academy High School was letting out for the day when witnesses told police another person in a school uniform came up to him, took a gun out of a book bag and started to fire. — Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

In each incident, the burglars took book bags and electronics from inside the vehicles, police said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026

With a semiautomatic rifle in his book bag, the barrel sticking out and wrapped in poster board, Colt Gray boarded the school bus, investigators said. — Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for book bag

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