bag (n.)

  1. a flexible container with a single opening; he stuffed his laundry into a large bag'

  2. the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); his bag included two deer'

  3. a place that the runner must touch before scoring; he scrambled to get back to the bag

    [ Syn: base ]

  4. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); she reached into her bag and found a comb

    [ Syn: handbag , pocketbook , purse ]

  5. the quantity that a bag will hold; he ate a large bag of popcorn

    [ Syn: bagful ]

  6. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; he carried his small bag onto the plane with him

    [ Syn: traveling bag , travelling bag , grip , suitcase ]

  7. an ugly or ill-tempered woman; he was romancing the old bag for her money

    [ Syn: old bag ]

  8. mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

    [ Syn: udder ]

  9. an activity that you like or at which you are superior; chemistry is not my cup of tea; his bag now is learning to play golf; marriage was scarcely his dish

    [ Syn: cup of tea , dish ]

    bag (v.)

  1. capture or kill, as in hunting; bag a few pheasants'

  2. hang loosely, like an empty bag

  3. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

    [ Syn: bulge ]

  4. take unlawfully

    [ Syn: pocket ]

  5. put into a bag; The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries'

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