bags
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
/bæɡz/
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/bæɡz/ · /bæːɡz/
Definition of bags
9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of bag
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noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of bag
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A large quantity.
“No need to rush: there's bags of time.”
“Please take as many coat hangers as you like. I've got bags.”
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A game similar to beanbag toss, cornhole.
“It may have many names, but depending on where you reside it only has one. ‘Cornhole’ or ‘Bags’ has been in the middle of discussions when it comes to what the popular bag toss game is called.”
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(slang)Trousers.
“‘Emerson, you beast, you've got on my bags.’”
- (slang, vulgar)A woman's breasts.
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of beauty, age, goodness, size (“those categories of adjective that occur before the noun in French”).
verb
- (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of bag
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(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)To reserve for oneself.
“So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day.”
“Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.”
“Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard.”
“‘Hey, it′s my turn in the front,’ Kalista called as she realised her brother had bagsed the front seat.”
“They used to share the water as kids, and for some reason Irene always managed to bags the first bath; Riva made do with the soapy second.”
intj
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Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.
“Bags I sit in the front seat!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (“make first claim on something”).
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