Bags
Pronunciation
- enPR: băgz, IPA: /bæɡz/, /bæËÉ¡z/
Origin 1
From bagsy
Alternative forms
Full definition of bags
Verb
- (Australia, New Zealand) To reserve for oneself.
- 2006, Jill Golden, Inventing Beatrice, %22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&hl=en&ei=bCnGTtCPNeXcmAWBq5Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bagsing%22|%22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&f=false page 81,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.
- 2007, Debra Oswald. Getting Air, %22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&hl=en&ei=zjHGTpy6Bor2mAWMzPQZ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bagsing%22|%22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&f=false page 66,Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.
- 2008, Kate Dellar-Evans, Best of Friends: The First Thirty Years of the Friendly Street Poets, %22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&hl=en&ei=VizGTtyWNI7PmAWa1uj3Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bagsing%22|%22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&f=false page 13,Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard.
- 2009, J. Lodge, Black Mail, %22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&hl=en&ei=VizGTtyWNI7PmAWa1uj3Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bagsing%22|%22bagsed%22|%22bagses%22&f=false page 316,‘Hey, it′s my turn in the front,’ Kalista called as she realised her brother had bagsed the front seat.
Synonyms
- US have dibs on
Origin 2
From bag.
Verb
bags
(third-person singular of bag)