Complete Definition of "bag"

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Image:Plastiktueten.jpg|thumb|right|Various colorful shopping bags.
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/bæɡ/ or IPAchar|/bæig/ (Northwest U.S.)}}
audio|en-us-bag.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi, cognate with Old French bagage "baggage," bague#Old French|bague "pack, bundle, belonging"

Noun
en-noun

  1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  2. One�s preference.

#: Acid House is not my bag, I prefer the more traditional styles of music.

  1. derogatory An ugly woman.
  2. baseball First, second, or third base.

#: He headed back to the bag.

  1. baseball The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

#: ''The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder�s head.

  1. context|preceded by "the" A breathalyzer device, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

Translations
trans-top|flexible container
Chinese: �, � (dài)
Czech: taška f, pytel m
German: Beutel m, Tasche f, Tüte f, Sack m
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Japanese: � (���, kaban), � (���, fukuró)
Scottish Gaelic: màileid f
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Albanian: qese f, thes m
Arabic: ARchar|ح��بة (ħaqí:ba) f, ARchar|ج�ب (jaib) m, ARchar|��س (ki:s) m|f
Basque: zorro
Breton: sac'h m, seier p
Bulgarian: �ак (sak) m, �ан�а (�anta) f
Catalan: bossa f, sac m
Croatian: kesa f, vre�a f, džak m
Dutch: zak, tas
Finnish: pussi, säkki, laukku
French: sac m, sachet m, poche f (regional)
Greek: ��άν�α f
Hebrew: ת�ק (tyq) m
Hungarian: táska, zsák
Icelandic: poki m
Indonesian: tas
Interlingua: sacco, bursa
Irish: mála
Italian: sacchetto m, sacco m
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Korean: �루 (jaru), �� (��, podae), �방 (gabang)
Kurdish: çewal m, tûr m, torbe m, kîs m, telîs m, çante m, KUchar|ک�س��
Latvian: soma
Marathi: पिशव� (pishavī)
Norwegian: veske
Persian: FAchar|ک�س� (kiseh)
Polish: torba f, torebka f, worek m
Portuguese: saco m
Russian: ��мка (súmka) f, ме�ок (mešók) m
Slovenian: torba, borša (informal)
Spanish: bolsa f, saco m italbrac|in some cases, cartucho m italbrac|Panama - a 'paper bag' in Cuba, funda m italbrac|Dominican Republic|Ecuador, jaba f italbrac|Cuba, talego m italbrac|Colombia
Swahili: mfuko
Swedish: väska c
Telugu: స��ి (samci) (1)
Turkish: torba
Vietnamese: bao#Vietnamese|bao (1), túi#Vietnamese|túi

Verb
en-verb|bag|g|ing

  1. To put into a bag.
  2. To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.

#: We bagged three deer yesterday.

  1. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  2. context|slang|w:AAVE|African American Vernacular English To be caught by the police.
  3. context|slang|w:AAVE|African American Vernacular English To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  4. context|slang|w:AAVE|African American Vernacular English To laugh uncontrollably.
  5. context|AU|slang To criticise sarcastically.
  6. context|medical To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

Translations
trans-top|To put into a bag
Dutch: verpakken, in een zak stoppen, in een zak steken (may be Belgian)
Finnish: pussittaa, panna pussi|pussiin
French: ensacher
Interlingua: insaccar
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (��� � ���, kaban ni ireru), ����� (��� � ���, fukuro ni ireru)
Vietnamese: b� vào bao
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trans-top|To catch
Finnish: napata
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (����, shitomeru)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Telugu: సాధి��� (saadhimcu)
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Related terms
top2
airbag, air bag
bagboy
baggage
bag lady
bag lunch
bag of bones
bagger
baggy
beanbag
binbag
carrier bag
dilly bag
doggy bag
double bagger
douche bag
handbag
gladstone bag
goody bag, goodie bag
grab bag
mid2
holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag
kitbag
let the cat out of the bag
mixed bag
moneybag
overnight bag
paper bag
plastic bag
shopping bag
sickbag
sleeping bag
teabag
toolbag
windbag

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:African American Vernacular English
Category:Containers
Category:English concrete nouns
Category:Old Norse derivations


Danish

Noun
bag

  1. back

Preposition
bag

  1. behind

Category:Danish nouns
Category:Danish prepositions


Meriam

Noun
bag

  1. cheek

Category:Meriam nouns
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Rohingya

Etymology
From Bengali

Noun
bag

  1. tiger

Category:Rohingya language


Swedish

Etymology
From the English word bag.

Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
bag c

  1. A kind of large bag#English|bag; a duffel bag

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
From Meriam bag#Meriam|bag.

Noun
bag

  1. (eastern dialect) cheek

Synonyms
masa#Torres_Strait_Creole|masa (western dialect)

Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns
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