bag : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward
  

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• all that belongs to one.

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• noun a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags
  

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Bag" net`

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1. A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

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• noun a supply of ways of accomplishing something
  
  • every good mechanic has a large bag of tricks

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• adjective satellite shaped like a bag
  

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• noun a small pouch (usually with a zipper) that attaches to a belt and is worn around the waist
  waist pack.
  

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• noun a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed
  human remains pouch; personnel pouch.
  

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• noun a bag in which students carry their books
  

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• noun a bag made of burlap
  gunny sack; gunnysack.
  

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• noun a bag into which secret documents are placed before being burned
  

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• noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
  carrier bag; poke; sack.
  

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• a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon.

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• a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.

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• noun a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
  clutch.
  

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• noun street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
  dime.
  

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• noun kit used by sailors and soldiers
  

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Dit"ty-bag` noun

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1. A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.

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• noun a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog
  doggie bag.
  

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• noun a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog
  doggie bag.
  

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• noun a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas
  douche.
  

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• noun a bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring
  

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• noun a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings
  duffel; duffle; duffel bag.
  

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• noun a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings
  duffel; duffle; duffel bag.
  

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• noun a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner
  dust bag.
  

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• noun a handbag used with evening wear
  

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Far"ding-bag` noun

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel.

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1. The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

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• a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.

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• a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.

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• noun a suitcase that unfolds to be hung up
  

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• noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
  Gladstone; portmanteau.
  

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• noun golf equipment consisting of a bag for carrying golf clubs and balls
  

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• noun an assortment of miscellaneous items
  
• noun a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
  

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• noun a sack for holding customer's groceries
  

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• a sack made of gunny, used for coarse commodities.

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• a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc.

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Hon"ey-bag` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

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• noun a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
  hot-water bottle.
  

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• noun a waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling
  ice pack.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an ink sac.

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• a bag through which the material for jelly is strained.

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• noun a knapsack (usually for a soldier)
  kitbag.
  

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• verb divulge confidential information or secrets
  peach; babble; spill the beans; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
  
  • Be careful--his secretary talks

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• a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public authority.

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• a charm; so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them.

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• noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  mixture; smorgasbord; variety; motley; miscellanea; salmagundi; miscellany; assortment; potpourri.
  
  • a great assortment of cars was on display
  • he had a variety of disorders
  • a veritable smorgasbord of religions

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• (Zoöl.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil.

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• noun an ugly or ill-tempered woman
  bag.
  
  • he was romancing the old bag for her money

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• noun a small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight
  overnight case; overnighter.
  

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• noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
  carrier bag; poke; sack.
  

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• noun a bag made of thin plastic material
  

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• a mail bag.

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• noun an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing
  punching ball; punch bag; punchball.
  

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• noun a person on whom another person vents their anger
  
  • he resigned because his boss used him as a punching bag
• noun an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing
  punching ball; punch bag; punchball.
  

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• noun a bag filled with rosin; used by baseball pitchers to improve their grip on the ball
  

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• (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins.

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• noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
  git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
  
  • only a rotter would do that
  • kill the rat
  • throw the bum out
  • you cowardly little pukes!
  • the British call a contemptible person a `git'

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• (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.

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• noun a bag made of plastic or strong paper (often with handles); used to transport goods after shopping
  

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• noun a large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder
  

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• noun a bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit
  sickbag.
  

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• noun large padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors; usually rolls up like a bedroll
  

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• noun a waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling
  sponge bag.
  

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• noun a porous bag (usually of canvas) that holds water and cools it by evaporation
  

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• noun a measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea
  
• noun small paper bag holding a measure of tea
  

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• to assume that which was to be proved in a discussion, instead of adducing the proof or sustaining the point by argument.

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• to disappoint him. Obs.

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• to cheat. Obs.

  I fear our ears have given us the bag. J. Webster.

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• to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. Colloq.

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• noun a waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling
  sponge bag.
  

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• noun a bag in which tools are carried
  

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• noun a capacious bag or basket
  holdall; tote; carryall.
  

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• noun a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
  grip; bag; traveling bag; suitcase.
  
  • he carried his small bag onto the plane with him

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• noun a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
  grip; bag; traveling bag; suitcase.
  
  • he carried his small bag onto the plane with him

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• noun a bag used for carrying food
  
  • the swagman filled his tuckerbag

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• noun a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner
  dust bag.
  

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• a wine skin.

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