Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bags

/bæɡz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: bags
IPA: /bæɡz/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A large quantity.

noun

A game similar to beanbag toss, cornhole.

noun

Slang

noun

A woman's breasts.

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bag

verb

To reserve for oneself.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

intj

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

Example Sentences

"No need to rush: there's bags of time."
"Please take as many coat hangers as you like. I've got bags."
"It may have many names, but depending on where you reside it only has one. ‘Cornhole’ or ‘Bags’ has been in the middle of discussions when it comes to what the popular bag toss game is called."
"‘Emerson, you beast, you've got on my bags.’"
"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."

Etymology

Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (“make first claim on something”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

bagses (present, singular) bagsing (participle, present) bagsed (participle, past) bagsed (past) baggs (alternative)

Derived Forms

spongebags

Synonyms

have dibs on bagsy

Antonyms

fains

Rhymes With

flags tags rags drags gags mags lags fags jags wags brags snags

Questions

How do you pronounce bags?: The recorded pronunciation is /bæɡz/.
What does bags mean?: plural of bag
Where does bags come from?: Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (“make first claim on something”).

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