Definitions for sandbag

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IPA: /ˈsændˌbæg/

Sandbag is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in sandbag (aabdgns).

Definitions for sandbag

noun

1. a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
2. such a bag used as a weapon.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with sandbags.
2. to hit or stun with a sandbag.
3. Informal. to set upon violently; attack from or as if from ambush. to coerce or intimidate, as by threats: to thwart or cause to fail or be rejected, especially surreptitiously or without warning:
4. Poker. to deceive (one or more opponents) into remaining in the pot by refraining from betting on a strong hand, then raising the bet in a later round. Informal. to gain an advantage over (one or more competitors) by concealing one's abilities or other strengths early in a game or other competitive activity. Informal. to gain an advantage by concealing or downplaying the strengths of (something):

verb (used without object)

1. Poker. to sandbag one or more opponents. Informal. to sandbag an opponent or competitor:

Origin of sandbag

First recorded in 1580-90; sand + bag

Examples for sandbag

One of them struck at him, while another attempted to sandbag him from behind.

This leap saved him from being stretched unconscious by the sandbag.

Did Google just sandbag its rivals in the smartphone market?

These had sandbag cover which bullets and bombs could not penetrate.

One strip, Foolish Grandpa and Sour Henry, shows Grandpa being hit on the head by a sandbag and blown up by dynamite.

Make a woman self-conscious, and her soul is barren as a sandbag.

Factors ranging from the sequester to the ongoing crisis in Europe have the capacity to sandbag the economic expansion.

"Somebody hit me on the head with a sandbag," he said thickly.

A couple more peer through spy holes in the sandbag barricades that line the perimeter.

As it was very wet, I had a sandbag taken by each man to lie down on.