# bag
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek βάσταγμα (bástagma, “load”)).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: băg, IPA: /ˈbæɡ/
** (Southern England, General Australian) IPA: /ˈbæːɡ/
** (New Zealand, some US dialects) IPA: /ˈbɛɡ/
** (Upper Midwestern US) IPA: /ˈbeɪɡ/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -æɡ

### Noun

bag (plural bags)
* A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) poke, sack, tote
* A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
    Hyponyms: sack, pouch, tote, bindle, purse, backpack
* (colloquial) One's preference.
    Synonyms: cup of tea, thing; see also Thesaurus:predilection
    Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
** 1976, Newton Thornburg, Cutter and Bone, Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 250:And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing.
* (derogatory) An ugly woman.
    Synonyms: dog, hag
* (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
* (baseball) First, second, or third base.
    He headed back to the bag.
* (preceded by the) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
* (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
    Synonym: multiset
    A bag of three apples could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Or, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.
* A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
    the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
** An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.
    Synonym: milkbag
    Meronym: teats
    Her bag is coming in nicely now.
** (usually in the plural) The human female breast.
    Synonyms: milkbag, funbag; see also Thesaurus:breasts
* (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
** 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:[H]e had once lost his bag, and a considerable quantity of hair, which had been cut off by some rascal in his passage through Ludgate, during the lord mayor's procession.
** 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December:
    He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him.
* The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
* (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
* (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
** 2013, Ken Ilgunas, Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom, page 14:With gravel stuck to my cheek, I pulled myself back in the car, looked in the rearview mirror, and saw, looking back at me, a young man with a pale face and a purple bag under each eye. I looked pitiful […]
* (informal) A large number or amount.
* (slang)
** (countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
*** 2014 August 28, Sam Wilhoit, quoting OJ da Juiceman, “The Life and Times of OJ da Juiceman”, in VICE‎, archived from the original on 2023-09-22:What about the time you got shot eight times and then played a show the same week? ¶ Oh yeah that was beautiful, I mean it was fucked up that I was shot, but as far as goin' to get that bag I'm always gonna go get that bag.
*** [2019 February 6, Rasha Ali, “Get hip to all the slang words and phrases your kids are using and what they mean, okurrr”, in USA Today‎, McLean, V.A.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-16:A bag refers to money. So to get a bag or even secure a bag means that you are acquiring money.]
*** 2019 April 4, “Secure The Bag”, Skripteh (lyrics)‎, 1:33:Secure the bag, secure the bag Grab the stash and hit the trap
** (US, gay slang, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
** A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
** (vulgar) The scrotum.
** (Cockney rhyming slang) £1000, a grand.
*** 2017 May 2, Figure Flows, “Money Right”, in Big Figures ft. Purple, from 1:18:Coulda got a bag last year But now I get a bag for a verse
*** 2023 June 18, “100mph Freestyle x3”, Clavish (lyrics)‎, 1:30:My hoodie cost a bag three, my runners cost a bag two

#### Derived terms

* airbag, air bag
* airline bag
* Ali Baba bag
* all that and a bag of chips
* all that and a bag of potato chips
* arrow bag
* assbag
* baby bag
* bag and baggage
* bag and band
* bag barrow
* bag boy
* bagboy
* bag-carrier
* bag for life
* bagful
* baggable
* baggage
* bag gas
* bagger
* baggie
* baggy
* baghead
* bagholder
* baghouse
* bagism
* bag job
* bag knot
* bag lady
* bagless
* baglike
* bagload
* bag lunch
* bagmaker
* bagmaking
* bagman
* bag man
* bagmoth
* bag nasty
* bag of antlers
* bag of bones
* bag of dicks
* bag of fruit
* bag of holding
* bag of mystery
* bag of nerves
* bag of rations
* bag of shells
* bag of tricks
* bag of waters
* bag of weasels
* bag of wind
* bag of words
* bag out
* bag people
* bag phone
* bagpipes
* bagplot
* bagpod
* bag pudding
* bag reef
* bagroom
* bag snatcher
* bag up
* bagwash
* bagwoman
* bagwork
* bagworm
* ballbag
* ball bag
* banana bag
* bandolier bag
* barf bag
* barracks bag
* barrel bag
* bathroom bag
* beach bag
* bean bag
* bean-bag
* beanbag
* belly bag
* belt bag
* betel bag
* binbag
* bin-bag
* bin bag
* biobag
* Birkin bag
* bitch bag
* bivi bag
* bivvy bag
* black-bag
* black bag
* black bag job
* black bag operation
* blackout bag
* Blighty bag
* blind bag
* blow in the bag
* blow out one's bags
* blue bag
* board bags
* body bag
* Bogota bag
* boil-in-bag
* boil-in-the-bag
* bonk bag
* book bag
* booster bag
* bota bag
* bowling bag
* breadbag
* bread bag
* bread-bag
* bread-bag clip
* brown bag
* brown-bag
* brown bagging
* brown bag test
* brown paper bag party
* brown paper bag test
* bucket bag
* bug-out bag
* bugout bag
* bulge in the onion bag
* bulge the onion bag
* bum bag
* burlap bag
* burn bag
* butt bag
* carpetbag
* carpet-bag
* carrier bag
* carrot bag
* carry bag
* chaffbag
* chalk bag
* change bag
* changing bag
* chatterbag
* chest bag
* clackerbag
* cloak bag
* clothes bag
* clothes-bag
* clutch bag
* coalbag
* cockbag
* coffee bag
* colostomy bag
* continuous bag of words
* cool bag
* cooler bag
* courier bag
* cryobag
* cuntbag
* D-bag
* debag
* diaper bag
* dickbag
* dilli bag
* dilly bag
* dime-bag
* dime bag
* diplomatic bag
* dirt bag
* dirtbag
* ditty bag
* dog bag
* doggie bag
* doggy bag
* doofbag
* Dorothy bag
* dossbag
* double-bagger
* douchebag
* douche bag
* Douglas bag
* drybag
* duffle bag
* dumb as a bag of hammers
* dumber than a bag of hammers
* dust bag
* dustbag
* earthbag
* eat a bag of dicks
* emery bag
* endobag
* exit bag
* eye bags
* face like a bag of spanners
* Faraday bag
* farding-bag
* feed-bag
* feedbag
* feed bag
* flag bag
* fleabag
* flea bag
* flea-bag
* fleshbag
* footbag
* freezer bag
* fuckbag
* fudgebag
* fumble the bag
* fun bags
* gamebag
* game bag
* garbage bag
* garment bag
* gasbag
* geobag
* gift bag
* giftbag
* gig bag
* give someone the bag
* Gladstone bag
* glovebag
* go-bag
* go bag
* golf bag
* goody bag, goodie bag
* grab bag
* grab-bag
* green bag
* Gro-bag
* grocery bag
* grotbag
* grouch bag
* grow bag
* growbag
* gunny-bag
* gym bag
* half in the bag
* handbag
* hanging wet bag
* have the world by the bag
* haybag
* hay bag
* ho-bag
* ho bag
* hobo bag
* hockey bag
* hoe bag
* hoe-bag
* hoebag
* hoggan-bag
* holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag
* honeybag
* hornbag
* hosebag
* hot bag
* hot water bag
* ice bag
* I lost my bag
* in the bag
* in the bottom of the bag
* it bag
* jellybag
* jerrybag
* Jewbag
* jiffy-bag
* jiffy bag
* Jiffy bag
* johnny bag
* kitbag
* kit bag
* leave someone holding the bag
* let the cat out of the bag
* like a bag of ferrets
* like ferrets in a bag
* litterbag
* lucky bag
* maggot bag
* mail bag, mailbag
* man-bag
* man bag
* mealbag
* meatbag
* mess bag
* messenger bag
* milkbag
* mingebag
* minibag
* mix bag
* mixed bag
* modesty bag
* moneybag, money bag
* monkey bag
* moon bag
* multibag
* multibagger
* mummy bag
* muzzle-bag
* mystery bag
* nappy bag
* netbag
* nickel bag
* nose-bag
* nose bag
* nosebag
* nunny bag
* nutbag
* old bag
* onion bag
* overnight bag
* pack one's bags
* paper bag
* paperbag
* paper-bag
* paper bag job
* paper bag party
* paper bag test
* paperbag waist
* party bag
* pastry bag
* piece bag
* piece-bag
* pillow bag
* piping bag
* pissbag
* plastic bag
* Politzer bag
* polybag
* poopbag
* poop bag
* possibles bag
* post bag
* postbag
* powder-bag
* property bag
* pull out of the bag
* punchbag
* punching bag
* purple urine bag syndrome
* pusbag
* puss in a bag
* put the fries in the bag
* ratbag
* rattlebag
* rebag
* red bag delivery
* rice bag
* rollbag
* rubbish bag
* rune bag
* saddle-bag
* saddlebag
* saddle bag
* sag bag
* sandbag
* sando bag
* sandwich bag
* schoolbag
* scruffbag
* scumbag
* seabag
* seedbag
* shellbag
* shit bag
* shitbag
* shitebag
* shoebag
* shopping bag
* shopping-bag lady
* shoulderbag
* shoulder bag
* show bag
* showbag
* sickbag
* sick bag
* side bag
* singlet bag
* skunkbag
* sleazebag
* sleeping bag
* slimebag
* sling bag
* slutbag
* slut-bag
* slut bag
* snotbag
* specimen bag
* speed bag
* spice bag
* sponge-bag
* sponge bag
* sponge-bag pants
* sports bag
* squint like a bag of nails
* stinkbag
* stoma bag
* subbag
* sugar bag
* sugarbag, sugar-bag
* suicide bag
* survival bag
* swag bag
* tea-bag
* teabag
* tea bag
* telescope bag
* the cat's out of the bag
* tog bag
* toilet bag
* toiletry bag
* toolbag
* trash bag
* travel bag
* travelling bag
* tricken bag
* tuckerbag
* unbag
* vacuum bag
* vampire tea bag
* waist bag
* warbag
* wash bag
* washbag
* water-bag
* waterbag
* water bag
* way out of a paper bag
* way out of a wet paper bag
* wazzbag
* weekend bag
* weekender bag
* wet bag
* what's in the bag
* wheat bag
* wheelie bag
* whingebag
* whole bag of tricks
* windbag
* winebag
* workbag
* yoga bag
* zoom bag

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: バッグ
* → Korean: 백 (baek)
* → Malay: beg / بيݢ
* → Norwegian: bag
* → Tagalog: bag

#### Translations

Adyghe: шэнтэ (šɛntɛ)
Afrikaans: sak (af)
Albanian: thes (sq) f, çantë (sq) f, qese (sq) f
Amharic: ቦርሳ (borsa), ጁኒያ (ǧuniya)
Arabic: حَقِيبَة (ar) f (ḥaqība), جَيْب (ar) m (jayb), كِيس (ar) m or f (kīs)
Egyptian Arabic: كيس m (kīs)
Gulf Arabic: جنطة m (janṭa)
Hijazi Arabic: شَنْطَة f (šanṭa), (usually plastic or paper) كيس m (kīs)
Moroccan Arabic: خنشة f (ḵanša)
South Levantine Arabic: شنطة f (šanṭa), كيس m (kis)
Armenian: պայուսակ (hy) (payusak), (usually plastic or paper) տոպրակ (hy) (toprak), (large) պարկ (hy) (park)
Assamese: মোনা (müna), টোপোলা (tüpüla), জোলোঙা (zülüṅa)
Azerbaijani: çanta (az) (like handbag, sacvoyage etc.), torba (az) (like shopping bag), paket (plastic, paper, carton bag)
Bashkir: тоҡ (toq), (small) тоҡсай (toqsay)
Basque: poltsa
Belarusian: су́мка f (súmka), мяшо́к m (mjašók), то́рба f (tórba)
Bengali: ব্যাগ (bn) (bêg), থলে (bn) (thole)
Bulgarian: торба́ (bg) f (torbá), ча́нта (bg) f (čánta), чува́л (bg) m (čuvál), плик (bg) m (plik) (paper), кеси́я (bg) f (kesíja) (small, dialectal)
Burmese: အိတ် (my) (it)
Catalan: bossa (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏕᎦᎵᏗ (degalidi)
Chichewa: thumba
Chinese:
Cantonese: 袋 (yue) (doi$^{6-2}$), 包 (baau$^1$)
Dungan: бозы (bozɨ)
Hokkien: 袋仔 (zh-min-nan) (tē-á), 橐仔 (zh-min-nan) (lok-á)
Mandarin: 包 (zh) (bāo), 袋 (zh) (dài)
Wu: 包
Cornish: sagh m
Czech: taška (cs) f, pytel (cs) m
Danish: bærepose c, sæk (da) c, taske (da) c
Dutch: zak (nl) m, tas (nl) f
Dzongkha: ཕད་ཅུང (phad cung)
Egyptian: (ꜥrf), (qrft f)
Esperanto: sako
Estonian: kott
Fijian: kato (fj), beki (fj), taga (fj)
Finnish: kassi (fi), laukku (fi), pussi (fi), säkki (fi)
French: sac (fr) m, (regional) poche (fr) f, cornet (fr) m
Friulian: sac m
Galician: motela f, boria (gl) f, argán m, buzaca f, taleiga f, barxoleta f, bisallo m, bulsa f, faldriqueira (gl) f, falchoca f
Georgian: ტომარა (ka) (ṭomara), პარკი (ṗarḳi)
German: Beutel (de) m, Tasche (de) f, Sack (de) m
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 m (balgs)
Greek: σακούλα (el) f (sakoúla), (large) σάκος (el) m (sákos)
Ancient: θύλακος m (thúlakos)
Gujarati: થેલી (gu) f (thelī)
Haitian Creole: sak, sachè
Hausa: jaka
Hebrew: תִּיק (he) m (tik)
Hindi: बैग (hi) m (baig), खीसा (hi) m (khīsā), झोला (hi) m (jholā), थैला (hi) m (thailā), थैली (hi) f (thailī)
Hungarian: táska (hu), zsák (hu), szatyor (hu), tasak (hu)
Icelandic: poki (is)
Ido: sako (io)
Indonesian: tas (id)
Irish: mála (ga) m
Italian: sacco (it) m, busta (it) f
Japanese: 袋 (ja) (ふくろ, fukuro), バッグ (ja) (baggu), 鞄 (ja) (かばん, kaban)
Kabuverdianu: bolsa
Kannada: ಚೀಲ (kn) (cīla)
Kazakh: сумка (sumka), сөмке (sömke), дорба (dorba)
Khmer: កប៉ៅ (kɑpaw)
Korean: 가방 (ko) (gabang), 봉지(封紙) (ko) (bongji), 봉투(封套) (ko) (bongtu), 자루 (ko) (jaru), 백 (ko) (baek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çante (ku) m, tûrik (ku) m, telîs (ku) m, torbe (ku) m, kîs (ku) m
Kyrgyz: сумка (ky) (sumka), мүшөк (ky) (müşök)
Ladino: bolsa, chanta, ibé, sako, torba
Lao: ກະເປົາ (lo) (ka pao), ຖົງ (thong)
Latin: follis m, saccus m
Latvian: soma (lv) f, maiss (lv) m
Lezgi: чанта (čanta)
Limburgish: tuut (li), zak (li)
Lingala: mofuku
Lithuanian: krepšys m
Macedonian: торба f (torba), кеса f (kesa), чанта f (čanta), ташна f (tašna)
Malagasy: kitabo (mg)
Malay: beg (ms)
Malayalam: സഞ്ചി (ml) (sañci)
Maltese: borża f
Manchu: ᡶᡠᠯᡥᡡ (fulhū), ᡶᠠᡩᡠ (fadu)
Marathi: पिशवी (mr) f (piśvī), बॅग f (bĕg)
Mbyá Guaraní: voxa
Middle English: bagge, male
Mizo: ip, ịp
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: уут (mn) (uut), шуудай (mn) (šuudaj)
Mongolian: ᠤᠭᠤᠲᠠ (uɣuta), ᠰᠢᠭᠤᠳᠠᠢ (siɣudai)
Nepali: झोला (jholā), थैलो (thailo), ब्याग (byāg)
Norman: puk, pouque
Norwegian:
Bokmål: veske (no) m or f
Nynorsk: veske f
Odia: ବ୍ୟାଗ (byāga)
Ojibwe: mashkimod
Old English: codd m
Oromo: korojoo
Ossetian: голлаг (gollag)
Ottoman Turkish: چانطه (çanta), طوربه (torba), كیسه (kese)
Pannonian Rusyn: торба f (torba), ташка f (taška), мещок m (meščok)
Pashto: تېله f (tela)
Persian:
Dari: کِیسَه (kīsa), کِیف (kīf)
Iranian Persian: کیسِه (kise), کیف (fa) (kif), ساک (fa) (sâk)
Plautdietsch: Sak m
Polish: torba (pl) f, torebka (pl) f, worek (pl) m
Portuguese: sacola (pt), saco (pt)
Romagnol: sac m
Romani: gono m
Romanian: pungă (ro) f, sac (ro) m
Russian: су́мка (ru) f (súmka) (with handles), мешо́к (ru) m (mešók) (sack), паке́т (ru) m (pakét) (of plastic or paper), то́рба (ru) f (tórba)
Scottish Gaelic: màileid f, baga m, poca m, (bagpipes) màla
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: то́рба f
Roman: tórba (sh) f
Slovak: taška f, vrece n, vrecko n
Slovene: torba (sl) f
Somali: kiish (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: měch m
Spanish: bolsa (es) f, (in certain contexts) saco (es) m, (Panama - a 'paper bag' in Cuba) cartucho (es) m, (Dominican Republic, Ecuador) funda (es) m, (Cuba) jaba (es) f, (Colombia) talego (es) m
Swahili: mfuko (sw)
Swedish: väska (sv) c, säck (sv) c, kasse (sv) c
Tagalog: supot (tl), bulsa, bag
Tajik: сумка (tg) (sumka), киф (kif), халта (xalta)
Tamil: பை (ta) (pai)
Tatar: торба (tt) (torba)
Tedim Chin: ip
Telugu: సంచి (te) (sañci)
Thai: ถุง (th) (tǔng), กระเป๋า (th) (grà-bpǎo)
Tibetan: ལྟོ་ཕད (lto phad), སྣོད་ཕད (snod phad)
Tigrinya: ቦርሳ (borsa)
Tocharian B: ṣorpor
Tok Pisin: bek
Turkish: çanta (tr), (plastic) poşet (tr), (generally paper) paket (tr), torba (tr)
Turkmen: bukja (tk), sumka, torba
Turoyo: ܫ̰ܰܢܛܰܐ (čanṭa)
Ukrainian: су́мка f (súmka), мішо́к m (mišók) (sack), то́рба (uk) f (tórba), чува́л m (čuvál)
Urdu: بَیگ m (baig), کِھیسا m (khīsā), جھولا m (jholā), تَھیلا m (thailā), کِیسَہ m (kīsa)
Uyghur: خالتا (xalta), قاپ (qap), سومكا (somka)
Uzbek: sumka (uz), qopcha (uz), xalta (uz)
Venetan: spòrta (vec) f
Vietnamese: bao (vi) (包), túi (vi)
Vilamovian: zak
Walloon: saetch (wa) m, saetchot (wa) m (smaller)
Welsh: cwdyn (cy) m, bag (cy) m
West Frisian: pûde
White Hmong: hnab
Yiddish: זאַק m (zak), זעקל n (zekl)
Zazaki: heqibe, torbe m, tewre (diq)
Zhuang: suek, duk
Zou: ip :
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### Verb

bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)
* (transitive) To put into a bag.
* (transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score
** (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    We bagged three deer yesterday.
*** 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 55:He was a fine specimen, very large and with a beautiful coat, and I wish I had had the luck to bag him.
*** 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147:"As a matter of fact my thoughts were flashing between Ronda and that man-eating tiger I'm going to bag tomorrow."
** To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
*** 2023 May 14, Tan Tam Mei, “Thai election: Early results show opposition parties in the lead”, in The Straits Times‎:the two opposition groups have bagged almost 300 of the 500 seats contested in the election.
** (slang) To steal.
*** 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:"I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan. "It isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter. "Of course, now you put it that way, I see. No one could say you had bagged a coat as long as you leave it in the wardrobe where you found it. And I suppose this whole country is in the wardrobe."
** (slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
*** 2020, “Those Kinda Nights”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran:When we hit the club to go and hell-raise / Probably end up baggin' the cocktail waitress
** (slang) To arrest.
    Synonym: nick
*** 2021 January 29, JS x Jtrapz, “Straight On Smoke”, 0:54–0:56:Free bro, free bro, we got bagged for a M
* (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
** 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):a bee bagged with his honeyed venom
** (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
** (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
*** 1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics, page 205:The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn.
* To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag
** (obsolete, ambitransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
    The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
    The brisk wind bagged the sails.
** To hang like an empty bag.
*** 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
*** 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 11, in Small Island‎, London: Review, page 125:And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force?
    His trousers bag at the knees.
** (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
** (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
*** 1602, William Warner, “The Sixt Booke. Chapter XXX.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 148:VVell, Venus ſhortly bagged, and ere long vvas Cupid bread, […]
* To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
** 1977, The Publication of Poetry and Fiction, page 97:I may just bag that. I think poets have an obligation to boost the magazines they appear in.
** 1998, Ed Burke, Precision Heart Rate Training, page 78:Well, even if your VCR is still blinking “12:00," I hope you're smart enough to stay inside when it's that cold and just bag that workout.
** 1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, 105-1 Hearing: Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority:I will just bag that. If not in the trade bill, that people believe should not interfere with the President's ability to negotiate a trade agreement, how would it be dealt with?
** 2002, Glyn Maxwell, Time's Fool: A Tale in Verse, page 296:'Oh bag that,' said Nelson. 'Do the Edmund stuff — no, cut, we'll do it later, look, it's knocking midnight.'
** 2007, Don Pendleton, Ripple Effect, page 322:“Or we can bag that part of it and just go straight inside,” Bolan suggested.
** 2014, Harlan Ellison, Spider Kiss:I'll get the sonofa—” “Listen, just bag that punchout shit for the moment. You've got a problem, and don't forget it.
* (slang, African-American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
* (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.

#### Derived terms

* bag and tag
* bag barrow
* bag down
* bag off
* bags (verb, interjection)
* bagsy
* shag bag
* shag-bag
* slag-bag
* wheat bag

#### Translations

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### References

* A. F. Niemoeller (1965 January–February) “A Glossary of Homosexual Slang”, in Ralph Ginzburg, editor, Fact, volume 2, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Fact Magazine, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25: “bag n. A fellow homosexual. Derogatory.”

### Anagrams

* -gab-, ABG, AGB, BGA, GAB, GBA, Gab, gab, gab-

## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French bague.

### Noun

bag
* ring

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* bagu

### Etymology

Either of substrate origin or from a Vulgar Latin *begō, from Late Latin bīgō, from Latin bīga. Less likely from Greek βάζω (vázo, “put in, set on”). May have originally referred to putting animals under a yoke. Compare Romanian băga, bag.

### Verb

bag first-singular present indicative (past participle bãgatã or bãgate)
* to put, place, apply
* to go to bed

#### Related terms

* bãgari / bãgare
* bãgat
* nibãgat

#### See also

* pun

## Breton
### Etymology

Probably tied to Old French bac (“flat boat”), itself of obscure origin, although compare Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).

### Noun

bag f
* boat

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak n (“back”), from Proto-Germanic *baką, cognate with Norwegian bak, Swedish bak, English back. The preposition is a shortening of Old Norse á bak (“on the back of”), compare English back from aback, from Old English onbæc.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːˀɣ/, [ˈb̥æˀj], [ˈb̥æˀ], [ˈpɛˀ(j)], (as a preposition or adverb always) IPA: [ˈb̥æˀ], [ˈpɛˀ]

#### Noun

bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)
* (anatomy) behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
* seat (part of clothing)

##### Synonyms

* (behind): bagdel, ende, røv (informal)
* (seat): buksebag

#### Preposition

bag
* behind

#### Adverb

bag
* behind

### Etymology 2

From the verb to bake.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːˀɣ/, [ˈb̥æˀj], [ˈb̥æˀ]

#### Noun

bag n (singular definite baget, not used in plural form)
* (rare) pastry
    Synonym: bagværk

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːˀɣ/, [ˈb̥æˀj], [ˈb̥æˀ]

#### Verb

bag
* imperative of bage

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French bague (“ring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɡ/

### Noun

bag
* ring

## Meriam
### Noun

bag
* cheek

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bagg

### Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bæɡ/

### Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bager, definite plural bagene)
* A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
* (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

### References

* “bag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bagg

### Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. Doublet of bagge.

### Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bagar, definite plural bagane)
* A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
* (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

### References

* “bag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* bāch

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baug (“ring”). Cognate to Old English bēag.

### Noun

bāg m
* a ring

#### Inflection
## Rohingya
### Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra).

### Noun

bag
* tiger

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baɡ]

### Verb

bag
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of băga

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

### Noun

bag c
* A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bag.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaɡ/ [ˈbaɡ̚]
* Rhymes: -aɡ
* Syllabification: bag

### Noun

bag (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ᜔)
* ladies' bag; handbag
* paper or cloth bag
    Synonym: supot
* jute sack (for grains, cereals, etc.)
    Synonyms: sako, kustal

#### Related terms

* sando bag

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From Meriam bag.

### Noun

bag
* (anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek

#### Synonyms

* masa (western dialect)

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑːɡ/
* Rhymes: -ɑːɡ
* Hyphenation: bag

### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bāg. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bāg (definite accusative bāgy, plural bāglar)
* string, lace, shoelace

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَاغ (bāğ).

#### Noun

bag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar)
* garden
    Bag ýanýar. ― The garden is on fire.
* orchard, grove
* park

##### Derived terms

* çagalar bagy

### Further reading

* “bag” in Enedilim.com
* “bag” in Webonary.org

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English bag.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɡ/
* Rhymes: -aɡ

### Noun

bag m (plural bagiau)
* bag

#### Derived terms

* bag am oes

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /paːk˧/
* Tone numbers: bag$^8$
* Hyphenation: bag

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Proto-Tai *bra:kD?”)

#### Verb

bag (Sawndip forms 𭄄 or 擗 or 鐴 or 剥 or 𢫦 or 𪫮 or 扒 or 𰄙 or 𢫗 or ⿱拍刀 or 𠛋 or 𫥴 or ⿰扌劈 or 破, 1957–1982 spelling bag)
* to chop; to split
* (of lightning) to strike
* to dive; to swoop down
* to divide
* to cut across

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bag (Sawndip forms 𭼈 or ⿸疒百 or 怕 or 剥, 1957–1982 spelling bag)
* mental illness

#### Adjective

bag (Sawndip forms 𭼈 or ⿸疒百 or 怕 or 剥, 1957–1982 spelling bag)
* crazy; mad; insane
    Synonym: vangh

##### Descendants

* mabag

#### Verb

bag (Sawndip forms 𭼈 or ⿸疒百 or 怕 or 剥, 1957–1982 spelling bag)
* to become crazy; to go mad; to go nuts
    Synonym: vangh