bag

bag¹ W2S1 [bæg] n

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1¦(container)¦

2¦(amount)¦

3 old/stupid bag

4¦(a lot of something)¦

5 pack your bags

6¦(eyes)¦

7 a bag of bones

8 in the bag

9¦(trousers)¦

10 not somebody's bag

11 bag and baggage

12¦(hunting)¦

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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old Norse; Origin: baggi]

1.) ¦(CONTAINER)¦

a) a container made of paper, cloth, or thin plastic which usually opens at the top

▪ a paper bag

▪ a plastic bag

▪ a carrier bag

▪ a garbage bag

b) a ↑handbag

▪ Don't leave your bag in the office when you go for lunch.

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 SOMETHING)¦

bags of sth

spoken especially BrE a lot of something

= ↑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.) ¦(EYES)¦

bags [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 closest advisors quietly believe the election is in the bag.

9.) ¦(TROUSERS)¦

bags [plural] BrE 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

BrE with all your possessions

▪ They threw her out of the house, bag and baggage.

12.) ¦(HUNTING)¦ [usually singular]

BrE 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, be left holding the bag at ↑hold¹ (26), a mixed bag at ↑mixed

bag ²

bag² past tense and past participle bagged present participle bagging

v [T]

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.) BrE informal to score a ↑goal or a point in sport

▪ Larsson bagged his thirtieth goal of the season in Celtic's win.

4.) informal especially BrE to kill or catch an animal or bird

▪ We bagged a rabbit.

bag up [bag sth<=>up] phr v

to put things into bags

▪ We bagged up the money before we closed the shop.