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"\u2014 often used with it I headed all the way across campus in the sleet for my 12:40, and after twenty minutes I just wanted to bag it and crawl back into bed. \u2014 Kate Haracz"
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"\u2014 Malinda H. Bell"
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"She packed her lunch in a paper bag .",
"She put the pencil in her bag .",
"a tired old man with bags under his eyes",
"Verb",
"He got a job bagging groceries.",
"The hunters bagged five deer altogether.",
"We bagged 10 fish today.",
"She's expected to bag the award for the team's most valuable player.",
"I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The feature won\u2019t work on every site out of the bag . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
"The Sell by date, along with the UPC code, can be found on the bottom and back of each bag . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"The kicker: 95 percent of the bag is made from a single polyester polymer, so that portion be recycled when it can\u2019t be repaired anymore. \u2014 Will Taylor, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"And by avoiding digging through the entire contents of a bag to find one particular item, keeping clothing wrinkle-free is also made much easier. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Fold or clip the top of the bag shut, which will seal the ethylene inside. \u2014 Beth Branch, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"Police say Randle was in possession of a bag with a gun in it. \u2014 Chron , 11 May 2022",
"The price of the chips has stayed the same but the contents of the bag have shrunk, from 12 to 11 oz. \u2014 Rachel Wolfe, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"From the second-base side of the bag , Velazquez dived up the middle to stop Juan Soto\u2019s shot, scrambled to his knees and made a 12-foot, around-the-back pass to second baseman Tyler Wade for the out. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to the music licensing organization, Sheeran is the first artist to bag both titles twice. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"Dagne Dover\u2019s Indi bag easily clips onto strollers and even has a mini changing mat. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Last week Kylie Jenner made the glass bag the focal point of her look for a press day for the new Kardashian reality show. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"While the show\u2019s critical success has helped bag big name guest stars, the creative team isn\u2019t concerning themselves with living up to any hype. \u2014 Katcy Stephan, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The candy giant has released a Late Night Taco Truck jelly beans bag as part of its 2022 Easter collection, with a taste meant to meant to capture the experience of snacking on the favorite Mexican delight. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"For those looking to bag peaks, Texas has those, too. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021"
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"Middle English baggen , verbal derivative of bagge bag entry 1":"Verb"
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"also \u02c8b\u0101g",
"\u02c8bag"
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"sack"
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"antonyms":[],
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": oriental sore":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Baghdad, Bagdad , Iraq":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a member of a numerous caste of field laborers of Bengal":[]
": a predominantly pagan people inhabiting southern Mindanao, Philippines":[],
": the Austronesian language of the Bagobo people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8g\u014d(\u02cc)b\u014d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105635",
"type":[
"noun"
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"bag":{
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"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
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": a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth":[],
": a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin":[],
": a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball":[],
": a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something: such as":[],
": an assortment or collection especially of nonmaterial things":[
"a bag of tricks"
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": an unattractive woman":[],
": capture , seize":[],
": drunk sense 1a":[],
": something resembling a bag: such as":[],
": suitcase":[],
": the amount contained in a bag":[],
": to achieve in or as if in competition : win":[
"bag a playoff berth"
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": to cause to swell":[],
": to dismiss (someone) from a job or position : fire , sack":[
"Tiger's been losing his temper and his putting stroke. He shed his agent, and he bagged his caddy \u2026",
"\u2014 Robert Sullivan"
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": to get possession of especially by strategy or stealth":[],
": to give up, forgo, or abandon especially for something more desirable or attainable":[
"decided to bag her job and move to the country",
"\u2014 often used with it I headed all the way across campus in the sleet for my 12:40, and after twenty minutes I just wanted to bag it and crawl back into bed. \u2014 Kate Haracz"
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": to hang loosely":[],
": to put into a bag":[],
": to shoot down : destroy":[],
": to swell out : bulge":[],
": to take (animals) as game":[],
": to ventilate the lungs of (a patient) using a hand-squeezed bag attached to a face mask":[
"I asked the respiratory therapist to continue bagging and assisting the patient while I sought the family's permission not to proceed with intubation.",
"\u2014 Malinda H. Bell"
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},
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"Noun",
"She packed her lunch in a paper bag .",
"She put the pencil in her bag .",
"a tired old man with bags under his eyes",
"Verb",
"He got a job bagging groceries.",
"The hunters bagged five deer altogether.",
"We bagged 10 fish today.",
"She's expected to bag the award for the team's most valuable player.",
"I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The feature won\u2019t work on every site out of the bag . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
"The Sell by date, along with the UPC code, can be found on the bottom and back of each bag . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"The kicker: 95 percent of the bag is made from a single polyester polymer, so that portion be recycled when it can\u2019t be repaired anymore. \u2014 Will Taylor, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"And by avoiding digging through the entire contents of a bag to find one particular item, keeping clothing wrinkle-free is also made much easier. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Fold or clip the top of the bag shut, which will seal the ethylene inside. \u2014 Beth Branch, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"Police say Randle was in possession of a bag with a gun in it. \u2014 Chron , 11 May 2022",
"The price of the chips has stayed the same but the contents of the bag have shrunk, from 12 to 11 oz. \u2014 Rachel Wolfe, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"From the second-base side of the bag , Velazquez dived up the middle to stop Juan Soto\u2019s shot, scrambled to his knees and made a 12-foot, around-the-back pass to second baseman Tyler Wade for the out. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to the music licensing organization, Sheeran is the first artist to bag both titles twice. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"Dagne Dover\u2019s Indi bag easily clips onto strollers and even has a mini changing mat. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Inside the stadium, a fan with a choice seat behind home plate waited until the ninth inning to bag his head. \u2014 Patricia Gallagher Newberry, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Last week Kylie Jenner made the glass bag the focal point of her look for a press day for the new Kardashian reality show. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"While the show\u2019s critical success has helped bag big name guest stars, the creative team isn\u2019t concerning themselves with living up to any hype. \u2014 Katcy Stephan, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The candy giant has released a Late Night Taco Truck jelly beans bag as part of its 2022 Easter collection, with a taste meant to meant to capture the experience of snacking on the favorite Mexican delight. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"For those looking to bag peaks, Texas has those, too. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English bagge , from Old Norse baggi":"Noun",
"Middle English baggen , verbal derivative of bagge bag entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8bag",
"also \u02c8b\u0101g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bag Verb catch , capture , trap , snare , entrap , ensnare , bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding. caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty. capture an enemy stronghold trap , snare , entrap , ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing. trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative. entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey. bagged a brace of pheasants",
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"poke",
"pouch",
"sack"
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"verb"
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": with all possessions : completely":[
"He got rid of the visitors, bag and baggage ."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075407",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"bag boy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a boy or young man hired to place shoppers' purchases (such as groceries) in bags":[
"Smith grew up with the company starting as a bag boy in high school.",
"\u2014 William Heuslein , Forbes , 27 May 1991"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225243",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bag molding":{
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"definitions":{
": a technique or process in which plastic or plywood-plastic combinations are molded to curved forms by use of a rigid die within a flexible cover through which fluid pressure (as of steam, air, or vacuum) may act on the material to be molded":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101857",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bag net":{
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": a bag-shaped net for catching fish":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bag-\u02ccnet",
"-n\u0259t",
"\u02c8b\u0101g-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225326",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagac":{
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"definitions":{
": apitong":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in the Philippines":""
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"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8gak"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203556",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagani":{
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"definitions":{
": magani":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211317",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagasse":{
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"definitions":{
": plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (such as juice) has been extracted":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Add a luxurious Oil Bath For The Senses to your tub, which is infused with rosemary, sugarcane bagasse and corncob. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
"This includes agricultural residues as sugarcane bagasse and corn cobs, wood chips and pellets from thinnings and wood industry residues, and even dried animal dung. \u2014 Nils Rokke, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
"The compostable bagasse products made from a byproduct of sugarcane, for example, don\u2019t always hold up well with soupy or saucy foods, said Leonard, of the 80-year-old Leonard Paper Company. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 25 Sep. 2020",
"To make the products, the company takes fiber materials, which could include recycled boxes, newspapers, agricultural waste, wheat starch, virgin papers, and bagasse , a sugar cane byproduct. \u2014 Amanda Morris, azcentral , 29 Jan. 2020",
"All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse , or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request. \u2014 Dakota Kim, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
"All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse , or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request. \u2014 Dakota Kim, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02c8gas"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161718",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagataway":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of bagataway variant spelling of baggataway"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082208",
"type":[]
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"bagatelle":{
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"definitions":{
": a short literary or musical piece in light style":[],
": any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas":[],
": trifle sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"the question of who will pick up the coffee is a mere bagatelle in the overall planning of the conference",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pinball is back Pinball got its start in 18th-century France with the billiardslike tabletop game bagatelle , which used a springlike launcher. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Overall this novel is an entertaining bagatelle , told by a proficient storyteller in an engaging way. \u2014 David Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Lewis kept the scope of emotion in the first bagatelle more along the lines of concerned. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 11 May 2018",
"As far as performance marathons go, the 10 hours of John Zorn\u2019s bagatelles on Saturday at National Sawdust in Brooklyn may not have been the most sprawling. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 24 Oct. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Italian bagattella":""
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"\u02ccba-g\u0259-\u02c8tel"
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"child's play",
"frippery",
"nonproblem",
"nothing",
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"shuck(s)",
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"type":[
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]
},
"bagman":{
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": traveling salesman":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As part of an ensemble that pushed political satire to cynical and expletive extremes, Mr. Hale won both his Emmys for playing the bagman to Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019s White House bumbler, Selina Meyer. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 29 June 2021",
"Asked outside court if Pietrzyk was a bagman in the scheme, his attorney, Robert Singer of Williamsville, New York, provided a nuanced answer. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 22 Oct. 2019",
"Roberts served as Ike\u2019s financial adviser and executor, and, after Roberts helped arrange his run for President, as his bagman . \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 14 June 2019",
"Whatever the answer, Zinke has become a bagman for an administration that wants to cut the program\u2019s funding to a historic low. \u2014 Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online , 6 June 2018",
"Chris Mack has emphatically denied any tie to Miller or Christian Dawkins, the associate-slash- bagman . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 23 Feb. 2018",
"The white-suited bagman , a fixture since 1993 and one of his best friends, wasn't sure. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 30 Mar. 2018",
"The Feds have evidence suggesting former Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner and his father took $7,000 in cash advances from a bagman for a former NBA agent named Andy Miller. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 23 Feb. 2018",
"And there was this friendly guy who could only be called his bagman . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 13 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8bag-m\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135729",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bag-shaped net for catching fish":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101g-",
"\u02c8bag-\u02ccnet",
"-n\u0259t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112812",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": brothel":[],
": prison":[]
},
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"the police staged a raid on the London bagnio , causing great inconvenience to its well-heeled clientele"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian bagno , literally, public baths (from the Turks' use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum , from Greek balaneion":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ban-(\u02cc)y\u014d",
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bawdy house",
"bordello",
"brothel",
"cathouse",
"disorderly house",
"sporting house",
"stew",
"whorehouse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005020",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagpod":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an annual herb ( Glottidium vesicarium ) of the pea family having pinnate leaves with numerous leaflets, flowers in axillary clusters, and elliptical pods that taper at both ends":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222148"
},
"bag pudding":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dessert pudding boiled or steamed in a bag":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015943"
},
"baggage claim":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the area in an airport where arriving passengers pick up their checked baggage":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her first project was a large vinyl mural in Terminal 1 at the baggage claim area at Los Angeles International Airport. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"The process to relocate an elevator also means there are fewer escalators for passengers arriving at baggage claim . \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"All of these pieces will stand out at baggage claim and will stand up through long trips. \u2014 Lois Alter Mark, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Mursel Sabir, a caseworker with IRC, found them in baggage claim at the airport and, with the help of an IRC volunteer and his SUV, transported the family and their belongings to the hotel. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"With her first tile mosaic, mounted in Terminal C\u2019s baggage claim area, the multimedia artist Mariam Ghani has created a portrait of New York based on a data visualization of the more than 700 languages and dialects spoken in the area. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"And the new terminal will add six additional baggage claim carrousels. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"This included a deep nasal swab and a baggage claim that resembled a swap meet, with suitcases and ski bags laid out in rows in a parking lot and no one willing to get close enough to help sort through it all. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
"At Reagan National Airport, an American Airlines hub where more than 85% of flights were canceled Monday, baggage claim was filled with unclaimed bags. \u2014 Lori Aratani And Ian Duncan, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055900"
},
"bagpipe":{
"type":[
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"On graduation day, as the bagpipe players warmed up in the hallway of the Virginia G. Piper auditorium, Maya joined her classmates to prepare for their procession through downtown Phoenix. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 22 May 2022",
"Survivors and guests made their way to the courthouse with the companionship of officers on motorcycles, bagpipe players and drummers. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 3 May 2022",
"The group currently has around 20 members on its roster, a mix of both bagpipe players and drummers. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The event kicked off with a bagpipe performance and singing of the national anthem by students from Corktown's Most Holy Trinity School. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Following the traditional bagpipe ceremony, Johanna Carri\u00f3n, a conservationist and resident of the Galapagos Islands herself, raised her Champagne glass on one of the Zodiac boats as the godmother of the ship. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Her grandfather, Jim O\u2019Connell, was a bagpipe player for the Emerald Society. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The band\u2019s lineup features three highland bagpipers and traditional marching snare, backed by the most-famous bagpipe band on the planet. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"This year, hundreds of people gathered in Manger Square as bagpipe -and-drum units streamed through. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Dec. 2021"
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"Brown\u2019s operation is one-stop-shop for residents who need everything from a brown bag lunch to living room furniture. \u2014 James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"As is his habit, Ly said, Off brought a brown- bag lunch and ate with employees in Metro\u2019s break room at the transit agency\u2019s L\u2019Enfant Plaza headquarters. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"A week before Oriole Park at Camden Yards hosted its first game in 1992, the team held a midday open house where fans could bring a bag lunch and take in the scenery in what was about to become the new standard for baseball venues. \u2014 Joe Mock, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That amounts to 161,692 pounds of the brown- bag lunch staple. \u2014 Rob Mclean, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Finishers got a red rose with their medals, a bag lunch from Corner Bakery, and top swag, with a nice t-shirt and back pack. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Aug. 2021",
"As Venice\u2019s residents contemplated a post-cruise world, the newlyweds blithely took in some more sites and ate a bag lunch before returning to Monfalcone. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Members are reminded to bring a bag lunch and a lawn chair. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland , 12 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The choral ensembles were stirring and effective, especially those for the women portraying Verdi\u2019s witches, depicted in this staging as like a sisterhood of frumpily dressed yet menacing bag ladies . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019"
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": the maximum number of fish or game animals permitted by law to be taken by one person in a given period":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cafe also has baguette sandwiches, salads and coffee drinks. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Werlin actually recommends skipping the traditional crackers and serving slices of a plain baguette instead. \u2014 Mandy Major, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"The bread, always a baguette sliced neatly down the center, must be freshly baked to perfection with a crunchy crust and a chewy interior. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Make toast: This could be a soft bread like Texas toast, brioche, or milk bread or a crustier loaf like sourdough, an English muffin, or a baguette . \u2014 Ali Slagle, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 May 2022",
"Pick up a baguette from Clark Street Bread on your way out for Mom to enjoy at home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"It is most often made with white bread flour, similar to the dough used for a baguette , however a variety of flours and other ingredients can be used. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Dated circa 1926, the bracelet comes in at 101 carats and features seven enormous Colombian emeralds interspersed with baguette -cut diamonds. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"But like some of the greatest traditions, the baguette is a relatively recent invention. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022"
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"She always has a bagful of stories.",
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"The boyish, bespectacled Mr. Cheng had brought a bagful of cutthroat corporate tricks to China\u2019s booming online rides industry. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Unlike the rest of the skeletons found at the site, the man wore a leather belt and had a bagful of coins, an ornate dagger and a sword with an iron hilt. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 May 2021",
"The rest is a complex filtering process that screens out impurities until they are left with a bagful of vaccines ready for the vials \u2014 and eventually, your arm. \u2014 CBS News , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Hanging in third-floor hallways are handwritten thank-you notes, which arrive at the Tactical Care Unit by the bagful three times a week from schools, churches, families and even co-workers. \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 18 May 2020",
"Tim and Tova Henry, who live on Fourth of July Creek and burned just 11 gallons of gas last year for their generator to supplement their solar panels, handed us a bagful of cookies. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2020",
"To one of Spiral\u2019s meetings, Bearden brought a bagful of cutouts from magazines and journals\u2014faces, figures, and objects from magazines like Life and Ebony, as well as images from an African art journal\u2014hoping to encourage a collective project. \u2014 Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, The New York Review of Books , 28 Jan. 2020",
"According to Wong, the actor bought a bagful of items, including records and a few maternity T's, which were the last of the bunch. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 23 Oct. 2019",
"The preview later shows daughter Moriah taking her first bite of cotton candy \u2014 something most kids her age would have enjoyed by the bagful several times over. \u2014 Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day , 21 Oct. 2019"
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a filter made of a cloth bag ordinarily about 30 feet long for recovery of metal oxides and other solid particles suspended in a gas (as from smelting or other furnaces)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lawn mowers in the recall come in black, with the name Troy-Bilt on the engine shroud and on the bagger . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 June 2022",
"Within the motorcycle industry, the bagger has become ubiquitous, inspiring manufacturers around the world to jump into the burgeoning category. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"Then came a double into the right-center field gap, his second straight game with a two- bagger . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 11 June 2022",
"Tigers coach Andy Porta was pleased with his hitters\u2019 approaches during the three- bagger barrage. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2022",
"First, Donovan ran down what could have been a double into the corner by Cain immediately following Narv\u00e1ez's two- bagger , prompting Cain to throw up his hands in frustration in the aftermath. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
"Koskondy won four individual events, though the combination wasn\u2019t the typical state meet four- bagger . \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"The Brewers collected a pair of doubles in the top half only to fail to score a run after Kolten Wong erased his leadoff two- bagger by getting thrown out trying to steal third base with one out. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"The story of Bad Bunny\u2019s mythical ascent from a grocery bagger in the small town of Vega Baja to a torchbearer for a new generation of reggaeton and trap artists has become nearly folklore. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The capsule\u2014which includes a leather Cashin Carry tote bag in camel\u2014pays tribute to the New York institution with a Zabar's graphic and, of course, a homemade New York City-style bagel with cream cheese. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Anyone who has ever enjoyed a New York bagel tends to go in search of that doughy delight even when far from the city. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
"His publicist knew a great place in Los Feliz that offered flavors like biscuits and jam and everything bagel . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Kent hand-rolls his bagel dough, then boils it and bakes it in a hearth oven, and can top bagels with cream cheese, lox, pistachio chimichurri and organic produce. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"The bagel demand is unceasing \u2014 and not just at this particular shop but all over the Bay Area. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"Jobu\u2019s instrument of destruction - or Death Star, so to speak - is represented as an everything bagel . \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Lo then made a dessert that mimicked the look of an everything bagel : white chocolate panna cotta, strawberry jelly, and strawberry bon bons with cream cheese. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Jobu\u2019s instrument of destruction \u2014 or Death Star, so to speak \u2014 is represented as an everything bagel . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 Jonathan Lethem",
"My brother spent four days in jail. Police wanted to charge someone with possession of a baggie of crack cocaine they subsequently found under a nearby car, so they had chosen him.",
"\u2014 Chastity M. Pratt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Police allege that during a search, the officer found a baggie containing cocaine in Guerrero\u2019s possession. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Police took her Jeep as evidence and found a baggie of psychedelic mushrooms in a purse in the trunk, according to court records. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In short, nobody suspects him when something that looks a lot like a baggie full of drugs falls out of Howard's locker. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The woman handed over a small plastic baggie containing marijuana. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The baggie was attached to the lower zipper, between his pants and underwear, with a safety pin. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Police found an ID card in the woman\u2019s purse, along with a plastic baggie of white powder. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"During an investigation, police found her in possession of a small baggie containing a white powdery substance that later tested positive for Oxycodone and an active and charged taser, police said. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Black plucked individual leaves from the tree\u2014for later molecular analysis\u2014and dropped them into a plastic baggie , then stashed it in the cooler lunch box strapped to his backpack. \u2014 Marion Renault, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Plural noun",
"Upon a traffic stop at 1:34 a.m. April 5, several baggies of marijuana were found in a vehicle. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the car with the gun and magazine, there was a digital scale and more than 5 ounces of marijuana separated among three plastic baggies , charging documents detail. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"On one table, manned by a tall, slim brother, there is an assembly of oils, incense, and sage, plus plastic baggies filled with what look like yellowish-white balls of dough. \u2014 Karen Good Marable, Allure , 30 May 2022",
"Two small baggies fell to the ground when the suspect emptied his pockets. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Oct. 2021",
"When exiting the Range Rover, the officer noticed several sandwich baggies . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"The porters were bringing in little baggies of crazy species every morning for Bruce. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The deputy then performed a field test on a sample from each of the baggies , which tested positive for methamphetamine, the sheriff's office said. \u2014 David Aaro, Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"My mom is the kind of environmentally fastidious gal who washes out plastic baggies , composts like a champ, and saves leftover salmon skin for our omega-3-loving doggos. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"These pants are too baggy at the knees.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The country star, who usually keeps things rugged and simple, leaned into dramatic proportions by pairing a baggy chore coat with a more subdued black tee and jeans. \u2014 Andr\u00e9-naquian Wheeler, Vogue , 6 July 2022",
"Pants were a big theme \u2014 designed in a trendy 90s baggy style. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"Union wore a sleek tank dress with a dramatic fringe hem from the Italian fashion house, while Wade looked suave in a bright yellow knit tank and baggy black paperbag pants. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
"His choreography presents the Taylor company dancers, costumed by Clarion Overmoyer in dull, baggy two-piece outfits and socks, as drab and thanklessly challenged. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"More than 260 schools set specific restrictions on hoods, hoodies, sagging pants or overly baggy clothing, all popular choices with many young people. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Celebrities are ditching their tight denim and fitted trousers and opting for more breathable, baggy bottoms like palazzo pants and cargo pants instead. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"At the time, Eilish's style could be best defined by her baggy clothes and neon green hair. \u2014 Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Robert is warm and voluble, with a fringe of steel-gray hair and baggy jeans; Michelle, who is sixty, is more of a fashion plate, in leather boots and hip tortoiseshell glasses. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When treating plants, do so early in the bagworm \u2019s development, because older larvae aren\u2019t as vulnerable to Bt and different pesticides may be needed. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"Unfortunately, evergreen areas killed by bagworms do not regrow. \u2014 Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019",
"The ideal time to spray for bagworm control is the first and second week of June with Malathion. \u2014 Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star , 11 Aug. 2017",
"Subject to spider mites and occasionally bagworms , but both are easily stopped. \u2014 Neil Sperry, star-telegram.com , 16 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Plural noun",
"Upon a traffic stop at 1:34 a.m. April 5, several baggies of marijuana were found in a vehicle. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the car with the gun and magazine, there was a digital scale and more than 5 ounces of marijuana separated among three plastic baggies , charging documents detail. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"On one table, manned by a tall, slim brother, there is an assembly of oils, incense, and sage, plus plastic baggies filled with what look like yellowish-white balls of dough. \u2014 Karen Good Marable, Allure , 30 May 2022",
"Two small baggies fell to the ground when the suspect emptied his pockets. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Oct. 2021",
"When exiting the Range Rover, the officer noticed several sandwich baggies . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"The porters were bringing in little baggies of crazy species every morning for Bruce. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The deputy then performed a field test on a sample from each of the baggies , which tested positive for methamphetamine, the sheriff's office said. \u2014 David Aaro, Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"My mom is the kind of environmentally fastidious gal who washes out plastic baggies , composts like a champ, and saves leftover salmon skin for our omega-3-loving doggos. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or pouring coffee in the morning and bagging groceries during the afternoon rush. \u2014 Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"For easy individual servings, wrap the tamales one-by-one or in pairs in plastic before bagging and freezing. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Nov. 2021",
"She was caught by store security bagging items without scanning and paying for them. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Use a mulching mower to recycle the clippings back into the lawn and save yourself time in bagging and disposing of the clippings. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"John Price, 43, quit his job bagging groceries at a Kansas City, Mo., store last year to care for his 45-year-old wife, who is disabled. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"John Price, 43, quit his job bagging groceries at a Kansas City, Mo., store last year to care for his 45-year-old wife, who is disabled. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"John Price, 43, quit his job bagging groceries at a Kansas City, Mo., store last year to care for his 45-year-old wife, who is disabled. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, the burden for bagging and properly disposing of dog poop doesn\u2019t stop in city parks or on hiking trails. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2018"
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"\u02c8bag-\u02cchau\u0307s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Air from the drum would then get exhausted to a baghouse , flowing through filters, where more than 99.9% of particulates would be removed. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"In June 2014, records show, a baghouse worker was exposed to an air-cadmium concentration of 7,206 micrograms per cubic meter \u2014 144 times the federal limit and 29 times what the standard respirator could handle. \u2014 Rebecca Woolington, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
"In the baghouse , equipment breakdowns left workers doing dangerous manual labor that could increase their exposure. \u2014 Rebecca Woolington, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
"The federal agency alleged Spectro's furnace stack exceeded an emissions limit; the vent system on its scrap dryer wasn't sealed correctly; and that officials weren't properly monitoring lime injection at the dryer baghouse . \u2014 Erin Adler, Star Tribune , 18 May 2021",
"In 1973, a fire broke out at Bunker Hill and destroyed part of the baghouse \u2014the main pollution-control system for the lead smelter. \u2014 Sena Christian, Newsweek , 12 June 2016"
