bag
[noun]
Synonyms:
- container, receptacle, sac, sack
[verb]
Synonyms:
- catch, acquire, capture, kill, land, shoot, trap

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Related Idioms: lay by the heels
Related Words: clench, cop, glom, hook, land, nab, net, sack, scoop

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. bag¹ S1 W2 /bæɡ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: baggi]

1. CONTAINER
a) a container made of paper, cloth, or thin plastic, that usually opens at the top:
a paper bag
a plastic bag
a garbage bag
b) a handbag:
Don’t leave your bag in the car.
c) a large bag that you use to carry your clothes etc when you are travelling:
Just throw your bags in the back of the car.
a garment bag

2. AMOUNT the amount that a bag will hold
bag of
a bag of popcorn

3. old/stupid bag spoken an insulting word for an old woman:
You silly old bag!

4. A LOT OF SOMETHINGbags of something especially British English spoken a lot of something Synonym : plenty:
She’s got bags of money.
No need to rush – we’ve got bags of time.

5. pack your bags informal to leave a place where you have been living, usually after an argument:
We told her to pack her bags at once.

6. EYESbags [plural] dark circles or loose skin under your eyes, usually because of old age or being tired

7. a bag of bones informal a person or animal who is too thin

8. in the bag informal certain to be won or achieved:
The governor’s advisors believe the election is in the bag.

9. TROUSERSbags [plural] British English old-fashioned loose-fitting trousers:
Oxford bags

10. not sb’s bag old-fashioned informal something that someone is not very interested in or not very good at:
Thanks, but dancing is not really my bag.

11. bag and baggage British English with all your possessions:
They threw her out of the house, bag and baggage.

12. HUNTING [usually singular] British English the number of birds or animals that someone kills when they go hunting:
We had a good bag that day.
⇒ sleeping bag, airbag, duffel bag, tote bag, beanbag, punchbag, sandbag¹, teabag, ⇒ let the cat out of the bag at cat(2), ⇒ be left holding the bag at hold¹(26), ⇒ a mixed bag at mixed(6)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. bag² verb (past tense and past participle bagged, present participle bagging) [transitive]

1. to put things into bags:
He got a job bagging groceries.

2. informal to manage to get something that a lot of people want:
Try to bag a couple of seats at the front.

3. British English informal to score a goal or a point in sport:
Larsson bagged his thirtieth goal of the season in Celtic’s win.

4. especially British English informal to kill or catch an animal or bird:
We bagged a rabbit.

5. be bagged and zip-tied if prisoners are bagged and zip-tied, bags are put over their heads and their hands are tied together
bag something ↔ up phrasal verb especially British English
to put things into bags:
We bagged up the money before we closed the shop.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bag
noun
ADJ. strong | heavy | canvas, leather, paper, plastic, polythene, string | carrier, shopping | bin, dustbin, rubbish | clutch, shoulder Her crocodile skin clutch bag matched her shoes.
drawstring, duffel | evening | overnight, weekend, travel/travelling | sponge, toilet, wash | changing a baby changing bag
school | beach, camera, golf, sports | kit (also kitbag) | medical | crisp | sandwich | body The dead soldiers were put on the plane in body bags.
sick (= a paper bag for a person to be sick into on a plane, boat, etc.) | doggie (= for taking uneaten food home from a restaurant) | goody (= a bag given as a gift with a variety of things in) We're giving away a free goody bag with every children's meal.
sleeping | pannier, saddle (also saddlebag) | money (figurative) He could not convince those who held the money bags that his idea was viable.
diplomatic (= an official government container that may not be opened by customs officials) | mail (also mailbag), post (also postbag)
VERB + BAG open, unfasten, unzip | close, zip up | pack | empty, unpack | seal sth in The mushrooms are sealed in a bag for freshness.
cram/push sth in/into, put sth in/into, shove sth in/into, slip sth in/into, stuff/thrust sth in/into The camera caught him slipping a CD into his bag.
draw sth out of, produce sth from, pull/take sth from/out of | delve in/into, dive into, ferret (around) in, fumble in, reach into, rummage in, scrabble in I rummaged in my bag for a pen.
clutch, hold | carry, drag, haul, lug There was no lift so I had to lug my bags up the stairs.
heave, lift | shoulder He shouldered his bag and left.
drop, dump, put down | deposit, drop off, leave We dropped our bags off at the hotel and went straight out.
grab, snatch She grabbed her bag and ran out of the door. Two youths snatched her bag as she was walking home.
swing He was walking along swinging his school bag.
look in, search | gather They were gathering their bags, preparing to leave.
BAG + VERB bulge (with sth) The bag bulged with papers and letters. | contain sth, hold sth | be crammed with sth, be (stuffed) full of sth
PREP. in a/the ~, inside a/the ~ | ~ of a bag of groceries
PHRASES the contents of a bag The customs officer asked him to empty out the contents of his bag. | sling your bag over your shoulder She stepped down off the bus with her bag slung over her shoulder.

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