Definition of: bag

(bag) noun
1. A sack or pouch.
2. A sac or similar structure in various animals, as the udder of a cow.
3. The amount a bag will hold.
4. The amount of game caught or killed.
5. The bulged part of any object, as of a sail.
6. plural Colloq. Clothes, especially ill-fitting ones.
7. plural Brit. Colloq. Men's slacks.
8. A purse.
9. A suitcase.
10. Slang One's personal interest or habit.
11. Slang A situation, matter, or problem.
—in the bag Slang Virtually certain.
—to be left holding the bag U.S. Colloq. To be left to assume full responsibility.
—v. bagged, bag·ging v.t.
1. To put into a bag or bags.
2. To cause to fill out or bulge like a bag.
3. To capture or kill, as game.
—v.i.
4. To bulge or swell like a bag.
5. To hang loosely. [?<ON baggi pack, bundle]