Bag vs. Sack

Bagnoun

A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

Bagnoun

(informal) A handbag

Bagnoun

A suitcase.

Bagnoun

A schoolbag, especially a backpack.

Bagnoun

One’s preference.

Bagnoun

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

Bagnoun

(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

Bagnoun

(baseball) First, second, or third base.

Bagnoun

(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

Bagnoun

(mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

Bagnoun

A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.

Bagnoun

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

Bagnoun

The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.

Bagnoun

A scrotum.

Bagnoun

(UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.

Bagverb

To put into a bag.

Bagverb

(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.

Bagverb

To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.

Bagverb

(transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.

Bagverb

To bring a woman one met on the street with one.

Bagverb

To laugh uncontrollably.

Bagverb

To criticise sarcastically.

Bagverb

(medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

Bagverb

To swell or hang down like a full bag.

Bagverb

To hang like an empty bag.

Bagverb

To swell with arrogance.

Bagverb

To become pregnant.

Bagnoun

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

Bagnoun

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.

Bagnoun

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

Bagnoun

The quantity of game bagged.

Bagnoun

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.

Bagverb

To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

Bagverb

To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.

Bagverb

To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.

Bagverb

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

Bagverb

To swell with arrogance.

Bagverb

To become pregnant.

Bagnoun

a flexible container with a single opening;

Bagnoun

the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person);

Bagnoun

place that runner must touch before scoring;

Bagnoun

a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);

Bagnoun

the quantity that a bag will hold;

Bagnoun

a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;

Bagnoun

an ugly or ill-tempered woman;

Bagnoun

mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

Bagnoun

an activity that you like or at which you are superior;

Bagverb

capture or kill, as in hunting;

Bagverb

hang loosely, like an empty bag

Bagverb

bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

Bagverb

take unlawfully

Bagverb

put into a bag;

Bag

A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material.Despite their simplicity, bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands.

Sacknoun

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

Sacknoun

The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).

Sacknoun

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

Sacknoun

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

Sacknoun

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense4 below.

Sacknoun

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

Sacknoun

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense4 below.

Sacknoun

Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

Sacknoun

(dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

Sacknoun

(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

Sacknoun

The scrotum.

Sacknoun

(dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

Sackverb

To put in a sack or sacks.

Sackverb

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

Sackverb

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

Sackverb

(American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.

Sackverb

(informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

Sackverb

(colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

Sacknoun

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Sacknoun

A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

Sacknoun

A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.

Sacknoun

Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.

Sacknoun

A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

Sacknoun

See 2d Sac, 2.

Sacknoun

Bed.

Sacknoun

The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

Sackverb

To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

Sackverb

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

Sackverb

To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

Sacknoun

a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Sacknoun

an enclosed space;

Sacknoun

the quantity contained in a sack

Sacknoun

any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

Sacknoun

a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

Sacknoun

a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily

Sacknoun

a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

Sacknoun

the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter;

Sacknoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Sackverb

plunder (a town) after capture;

Sackverb

terminate the employment of;

Sackverb

make as a net profit;

Sackverb

put in a sack;

Sacknoun

a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.

Sacknoun

the contents of a sack or the amount it can contain

Sacknoun

a woman's short loose unwaisted dress, typically narrowing at the hem, popular especially in the 1950s.

Sacknoun

a woman's long loose dress or gown.

Sacknoun

a decorative piece of dress material fastened to the shoulders of a woman's gown in loose pleats and forming a long train, fashionable in the 18th century.

Sacknoun

dismissal from employment

Sacknoun

bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex.

Sacknoun

a base.

Sacknoun

an act of tackling of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.

Sacknoun

the pillaging of a town or city

Sacknoun

a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries.

Sackverb

dismiss from employment

Sackverb

tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage

Sackverb

put into a sack or sacks

Sackverb

(chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town or building)