bags

UK /bæɡz/ US /bæɡz/

verb 1intj 1noun 1

Definitions

verb

To reserve for oneself.

So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day.

Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.

intj

Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.

Bags I sit in the front seat!

noun

Acronym of beauty, age, goodness, size (“those categories of adjective that occur before the noun in French”).

Collocations

ADJ.

all, best, heavy, large, many, missing, plastic, upstairs

She packed all her bags before the taxi arrived at the door.

VERB + BAGS

carry, check, claim, eye, hold, leave, put

She checked her bags at the airport before heading to the gate.

BAGS + NOUN

trunk

We packed our bags into the car trunk before leaving for the airport.

PREP.

from, in, on, on, until, up, with

I packed my clothes in bags before the moving truck arrived.

ADV.

aside

She set her shopping bags aside to help her friend carry the boxes upstairs.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day.

Wiktionary

Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.

Wiktionary

Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard.

Wiktionary

Bags I sit in the front seat!

Wiktionary

Could I check my bags?

Tatoeba · #23668

Could you carry my bags for me?

Tatoeba · #23676

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