bags
/bæɡz/ · noun
Meaning
- A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
- A handbag
- A suitcase.
- A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
- One’s preference.
- An ugly woman.
- To put into a bag.
- To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- To furnish or load with a bag.
- (African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
- (African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- To reserve for oneself.
- Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.
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