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bag

noun

1 he carried a bag filled with sandwiches:

receptacle, container;

shopping bag, string bag, sack;

British carrier bag, carrier;

Scottish poke;

North American, dated keister.

2 I dug around in my bag for my lipstick:

handbag, shoulder bag, clutch bag, evening bag, pochette;

North American pocketbook, purse;

British, informal bumbag;

North American, informal fanny pack;

historical reticule, scrip.

3 she began to unpack her bags:

suitcase, case, valise, portmanteau, grip, overnight bag, overnighter, flight bag, traveling bag, Gladstone bag, carpet bag;

backpack, rucksack, knapsack, haversack, kitbag, duffel bag;

satchel;

(bags) luggage, baggage;

British holdall;

North American carryall;

Australian, New Zealand, informal port.

verb

1 he bagged three pheasants:

catch, capture, trap, snare, ensnare, land;

kill, shoot, pick off.

2 I got there early to bag a seat in the front row | he bagged seven League medals during his career:

get, secure, obtain, acquire;

reserve, commandeer, grab, appropriate, take;

win, achieve, attain;

informal get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, nab, pick up, land, net.

3 her trousers bagged at the knee:

sag, hang loosely, bulge, swell, balloon.