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bagging up

bagging up is the present participle and gerund of bag up.

Meaning of bag up

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).

Questions about bagging up

What is bagging up the present participle and gerund of?
Bagging up is the present participle and gerund of bag up.

Words near bagging up in the dictionary

  1. bagginesses
  2. bagging
  3. bagging and tagging
  4. bagging off
  5. bagging out
  6. bagging up
  7. baggings
  8. Bagginshield
  9. Baggio-Yoshinari syndrome
  10. Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome
  11. baggit

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