Word: bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Inherited 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”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /bæɡ/, /baɡ/, /baːɡ/, /bæːɡ/, /bɛɡ/ 1. A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. One's preference. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music. Example: And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing. 4. An ugly woman. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable 5. The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head. 6. First, second, or third base. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He headed back to the bag. 7. A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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}. 9. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents 10. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: teats Example: Her bag is coming in nicely now. 11. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable 12. A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: [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. Example: 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. 13. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 15. A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: 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 […] 16. A large number or amount. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 17. In certain phrases: money. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: 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. Example: A bag refers to money. So to get a bag or even secure a bag means that you are acquiring money. 18. A fellow gay man. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable 19. A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 20. The scrotum. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar 21. £1000, a grand. Labels: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Coulda got a bag last year But now I get a bag for a verse Example: My hoodie cost a bag three, my runners cost a bag two