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bag up

bag up verb: to put into a bag or bags.

Verb

bag up (third-person singular simple present bags up, present participle bagging up, simple past and past participle bagged up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To put into a bag or bags.
    • Shall I bag up your groceries for you, sir?
  2. (intransitive, slang, chiefly Delaware) To laugh heartily; crack up.
    • I couldn’t get a sentence out straight; I was baggin' up.
  3. (US, slang, transitive) Of the police: to arrest or pick up (someone).

Forms of bag up

third-person singular presentbags up
present participlebagging up
past participlebagged up
pastbagged up

Questions about bag up

What does bag up mean?
Bag up means to put into a bag or bags.
What part of speech is bag up?
Bag up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bag up?
The past tense of bag up is bagged up.

Words near bag up in the dictionary

  1. bag silos
  2. bag snatcher
  3. bag snatchers
  4. bag under one's eye
  5. bag under the eye
  6. bag up
  7. bag valve mask
  8. bag valve masks
  9. bag wig
  10. bag wigs
  11. bag-carrier

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