bag

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A soft container with an opening at the top, used to carry or hold things.

   She put the apples in a paper bag.

2. 2
   noun

   A container, often with a handle or strap, for carrying money and personal items.

   I reached into my bag to find my phone.

3. 3
   noun

   A case for carrying clothes and belongings when travelling.

   I carried my small bag onto the plane.

4. 4
   verb

   To catch or kill an animal, especially while hunting.

   They bagged a few pheasants on their hunting trip.

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Simplified etymology

Bag entered English in the Middle English period, but its origin is uncertain; it may come from an old Scandinavian word. Its later figurative sense “particular interest or distinctive style” probably arose in jazz slang during the late 1950s.

Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Inherited from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin.

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