bag

I. noun Etymology: Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi Date: 13th century 1. a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something: as a. purse; especially handbag b. a bag for game c. suitcase 2. something resembling a bag: as a. (1) a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ; especially udder (2) a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin <

bags under the eyes

> b. a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth c. a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball 3. the amount contained in a bag 4. a. a quantity of game taken; also the maximum legal quantity of game b. an assortment or collection especially of nonmaterial things <

a bag of tricks

> 5. an unattractive woman 6. something one likes or does regularly or well; also one's characteristic way of doing things II. verb (bagged; bagging) Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to swell out ; bulge 2. to hang loosely transitive verb 1. to cause to swell 2. to put into a bag 3. a. to take (animals) as game b. to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth c. capture, seize d. to shoot down ; destroy 4. to achieve in or as if in competition ; win <

bag a play-off berth

> 5. to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable <

decided to bag her job and move to the country

> — often used with it Synonyms: see catch • bagger noun