<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.</li><li>something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle.</li><li>a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling.</li><li>a handbag or moneybag.</li><li>the amount or quantity a bag can hold.</li><li>any of various measures of capacity.</li><li>a sac, as in an animal body.</li><li>an udder.</li><li>Slang: a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixture of narcotics.</li><li>something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part: He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep.</li><li>Baseball: base (def 9b).</li><li>Hunting: the amount of game taken, especially by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period.</li><li>Slang: a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: Jazz isn't my bag.</li><li>a person's mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a mean bag today.</li><li>an environment, condition, or situation.</li><li>bags, Informal: plenty; much; many (usually followed by of): bags of time; bags of money.</li><li>Slang: trousers (def 1).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>bagged, bagging: to swell or bulge: A stiff breeze made the sails bag out.</li><li>to hang loosely like an empty bag: His socks bagged at the ankles.</li><li>to pack groceries or other items into a bag.</li><li>Slang: to criticize, disparage, or dismiss a person or thing (usually followed by on): Stop bagging on me!</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>bagged, bagging: to cause to swell or bulge; distend: The wind bagged the curtain.</li><li>to put into a bag.</li><li>Informal: to kill or catch, as in hunting: I bagged my first deer when I was a teenager.</li><li>Slang: to quit, abandon, or skip (often used in the phrase bag it): We’d better bag the deal.</li><li>to criticize, disparage, or dismiss: Don’t bag my vegan diet—I feel great since I started it.</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>bags! British Slang: (used to lay first claim to something): Bags, I go first! Bags it!</li></ul>