1
2
: something resembling a bag: such as
a(1)
: a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ
especially
: udder
(2)
: a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin
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
bagged; bagging
1
: to cause to swell
2
: to put into a bag
3
4
: to achieve in or as if in competition : win
bag a playoff berth
5
informal
a
: 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 itI headed all the way across campus in the sleet for my 12:40, and after twenty minutes I just wanted to bag it and crawl back into bed.—Kate Haracz
6
medical
: to ventilate the lungs of (a patient) using a hand-squeezed bag attached to a face mask
I asked the respiratory therapist to continue bagging and assisting the patient while I sought the family's permission not to proceed with intubation.—Malinda H. Bell
bagger
noun
plural baggers
bachelor of agriculture
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