bag

  1. Noun.  A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  2. Noun.  (informal) A handbag.
  3. Noun.  A suitcase.
  4. Noun.  A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  5. Noun.  One’s preference.
  6. Noun.  (derogatory) An ugly woman.
  7. Noun.  (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
  8. Noun.  (baseball) First, second, or third base.
  9. Noun.  (context, preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  10. Noun.  (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
  11. Verb.  To put into a bag.
  12. Verb.  To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  13. Verb.  To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  14. Verb.  (slang, African American Vernacular) To be caught by the police.
  15. Verb.  (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  16. Verb.  (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
  17. Verb.  (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
  18. Verb.  (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

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