bag

1 noun (C)

1 CONTAINER

a) a container made of paper, cloth etc, which usually opens at the top: a paper bag | a sports bag

b) a small bag used by a woman to carry her personal possessions; handbag: Don't leave your bag in the office when you go for lunch.

c) a large bag used to carry your clothes etc when you are travelling: Just throw your bags in the back of the car.

2 AMOUNT the amount that a bag will hold

(+ of): two bags of rice per family per month

3 WOMAN spoken an insulting word for an unpleasant or unattractive woman: You silly old bag!

4 HUNTING (usually singular) the number of birds or animals that someone catches when they go hunting: We had a good bag that day.

5 A LOT OF bags of spoken especially BrE a lot of something; plenty: She's got bags of money. | We're not late, we've got bags of time.

6 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.

7 EYES dark circles or loose skin around your eyes, usually because of old age or being tired

8 bag of bones informal a very thin person or animal

9 in the bag informal certain to be won or achieved: We're sure to win, the match is in the bag.

10 TROUSERS bags (plural) BrE old-fashioned loose-fitting trousers: Oxford bags

11 INTERESTED sb's bag informal something that someone is very interested in or very good at: Sorry, computers aren't really my bag.

12 bag and baggage with all your possessions: They threw her out of the house bag and baggage.

-see also: bags, sleeping bag, let the cat out of the bag cat (2), be left holding the bag hold 1 (20), a mixed bag mixed (6) 2 verb bagged, bagging

1 (T) to put materials or objects into bags

2 (T) informal to kill or catch animals or birds: We bagged a rabbit.

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

4 (I) also bag out informal to hang loosely, like a bag

bag sth up phrasal verb (T) to put small objects or loose substances into bags: We bagged up the money before we closed the shop.