BAGS

Etymology 1

Noun

bags

plural of bag

(often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity.

(slang) Loose-fitting trousers.

Verb

bags

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bag

Etymology 2

Verb

bags (third-person singular simple present bagses, present participle bagsing, simple past and past participle bagsed)

(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To reserve for oneself.

Synonyms

• (US) have dibs on

• bagsy

Antonyms

• (dated) fains

Interjection

bags

Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.

Anagrams

• GBAs, gabs

Source: Wiktionary

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BAG

Bag, n. Etym: [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.]

1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

4. The quantity of game bagged.

5. (Com.)

Definition: A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee. Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.

– To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] Bunyan.

Bag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bagged(p. pr. & vb. n. Bagging]

1. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

2. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.

3. To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag. A bee bagged with his honeyed venom. Dryden.

Bag, v. i.

1. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

2. To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. To become pregnant. [Obs.] Warner. (Alb. Eng. ).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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