bag meaning and definition

BAG noun

Definition of bag (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: handbag, pocketbook, purse
5. the quantity that a bag will hold
   • "he ate a large bag of popcorn"
   • synonyms: bagful
6. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
   • "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
   • synonyms: grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag
7. an ugly or ill-tempered woman
   • "he was romancing the old bag for her money"
   • synonyms: old bag
8. mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: cup of tea, dish

BAG verb

Definition of bag (verb)

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
   • synonyms: bulge
4. take unlawfully
   • synonyms: pocket
5. put into a bag
   • "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"