Definitions for bagging

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IPA: /ˈbæg ɪŋ/

Bagging is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in bagging (abgggin).

Definitions for bagging

noun

1. woven material, as of hemp or jute, for bags.
2. a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
3. something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle.
4. a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling.
5. a purse or moneybag.
6. the amount or quantity a bag can hold.
7. any of various measures of capacity.
8. a sac, as in an animal body.
9. an udder.
10. Slang. a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixture of narcotics.
11. something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part:
12. Baseball. base1 (def 8b).
13. Hunting. the amount of game taken, especially by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period.
14. Slang. a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: a person's mood or frame of mind: an environment, condition, or situation.
15. bags. Informal. plenty; much; many (usually followed by of): Slang. trousers.

Idioms

1. bag and baggage, with all one's personal property: completely, totally:
2. bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal.
3. bag of tricks, a supply of expedient resources; stratagems:
4. in the bag, Informal. virtually certain; assured; definite:
5. leave holding the bag / sack, Informal. to force to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared:
6. old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman:

interjection

1. bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something):

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to swell or bulge; distend:
2. to put into a bag.
3. Informal. to kill or catch, as in hunting:
4. Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip (often used in the phrase bag it):
5. Theater. clew (def 9a).

verb (used without object)

1. to swell or bulge:
2. to hang loosely like an empty bag:
3. to pack groceries or other items into a bag.

Origin of bagging

First recorded in 1725-35; bag + -ing¹

Examples for bagging

Africa: bagging Hunger When it comes to changing how the world functions, women offer a unique perspective.

If they do not succeed in bagging the expected game, they abuse him.

In bagging the peanuts, care should be taken to have the sacks well filled.

The difference is that between sighting and bagging your game.

For six weeks, an expected crowd of hundreds will get to take their best shot at bagging the beasts.

bagging often enables the grower to sell his crop as a fancy product.

Either the sergeant is in trouble, or else he's bagging a wagonload of game.

And he's the man who talks about bagging a Duke for his girl!

Let's begin with Sister Claire in the hope of bagging the whole crowd.

While some were sorting, others were bagging and sealing the letters.