1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. to give one the bag

Find the word definition

What is "to give one the bag"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
To give one the bag

Bag \Bag\ (b[a^]g), n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.]

  1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

  2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

  3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

  4. The quantity of game bagged.

  5. (Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.

    Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.

    To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.]
    --Bunyan.