bag
1. verb To arrest someone. After trying to bag these guys for months, we were finally able to bring them into the station tonight. I heard the police bagged Tom last night. The police will bag all of us if they catch us drinking—we are underage, you know.
2. verb To get or obtain something. Hey, when you go to that event, be sure to bag some cupcakes for us! Here, it's your lucky day—I bagged a t-shirt for you at the ball game. You bagged backstage passes? Are you serious?
3. verb In medicine, to use a respirator bag to administer oxygen to a patient who cannot breathe on their own. OK, she's not breathing, so get over here and bag her! The victim came into the ER on a gurney with one of the paramedics bagging her. You're gonna have to bag him till we get to the hospital, got it?
4. verb To die. If you don't call 9-1-1 right now, this guy's going to bag! Oh man, my parents think Uncle Eddie's gonna bag tonight—they want me to come to the hospital right away. Man, I thought the teacher was going to bag right there when you yelled back at her!
5. noun Something that one enjoys. I feel so uncomfortable in a club like this—dancing just isn't my bag. You should get Nate from accounting to help you with this—budget reports are his bag. I doubt you'll find her at the track meet. Sports have never been her bag.
6. noun An extremely unpleasant woman. Oh, I don't listen to anything the old bag next door has to say anymore. Steer clear of that bag, she's pretty much always miserable. Ugh, what is that old bag complaining about today?
7. noun A quantity of drugs. How much does a bag of pot cost these days? A: "Don't worry, I already scored us a bag for the concert." B: "Sweet!" The actor was busted with a bag of cocaine in his possession? Oh man.
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