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bag¹ noun 1 a container made of a soft material with an opening at the top, for carrying things. 2 a bagful. 3 an amount of fish or game caught. 4 (bags, especially bags of something) colloq a large amount of something. 5 offensive colloq a woman, especially an unpleasant or ugly one. 6 (bags) loose wide-legged trousers. 7 slang a quantity of drugs, especially heroin, in a paper or other container. bag and baggage completely • clear out bag and baggage. in the bag colloq as good as secured or done.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c.

bag² verb (bagged, bagging) 1 tr & intr (also bag something up) to put something into a bag. 2 to kill (game) • bagged six pheasants. 3 colloq to obtain or reserve (a seat, etc). 4 tr & intr said especially of clothes: to hang loosely or bulge. bags I or bags or bagsy children's slang I want to do or have, etc (the thing specified); I lay claim to it • Bags I sit in the front.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: in the nautical sense (of a sail) 'to swell out or bulge': from bag¹.