baggy
/ˈbæɡi/
baggy adjective: of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
Adjective
baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)
- Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- When the YSL designer finally got to present Sunday, after the show tent pitched on a race course had been deemed unsafe, he had a surprise in store: the longest, bell-bottom pants since the start of the 1970s — and the baggiest since rapper chic.2002 January 29, Suzy Menkes, “PARIS FASHION : Wind of Change:New Formality With a Rugged Edge”, in The New York Times
- The only way to safely avoid looking like a hipster, so far as I can tell, is to dress in oversize mesh jerseys bearing the logos of sports teams. Or to wear the blandest, baggiest, beige-est clothes possible, like a middle-aged tourist.2013 September 14, Steven Kurutz, “Caught in the Hipster Trap”, in The New York Times
- Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
- Pop historian Jon Savage listens to the best of the Stone Roses and their contemporaries – from Baby Ford to the Sabres of Paradise – and creates the perfect set of baggy playlists2011 October 18, Jon Savage, “Stone Roses reunion: three baggy playlists”, in The Guardian
- The Birmingham band – now a five-piece after multi-instrumentalist James Balmont joined them – have ditched the loose and baggy guitar pop of 2013’s Where the Heaven Are We? in favour of psych-pop that contorts itself into pulsing Balearic acid house and motorik rhythms.2015 October 1, Tshepo Mokoena, “Swim Deep: Mothers review – baggy indie kids embrace psych-pop”, in The Guardian
- Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.
- a baggy book
Noun (1)
baggy (plural baggies)
- A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.
- I said dad you're a shabby / You run around and groove like a baggy / You're only here just out of habit1990, “Kinky Afro”, in Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, performed by Happy Mondays
Noun (2)
baggy (plural baggies)
- A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
- In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy."2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10
- Such a bag filled with marijuana.
baggy meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
baggy in Hindi
- of clothing, very loose-fitting
- ढीला ḍhīlā
baggy in Marathi
- बॅगी
baggy in Urdu
- جھولا
baggy in Telugu
- బ్యాగీ
More languagesFewer languages
- baggy in Malayalam
- അയഞ്ഞുതൂങ്ങുന്ന, അയവുള്ള, അയഞ്ഞ, അയഞ്ഞുകിടക്കുന്ന
- baggy in Kannada
- ದೊಗಲೆ, ಸಡಿಲವಾದ
- baggy in Punjabi
- ਬੈਗੀ
- baggy in Gujarati
- બેગી, બેગડી
- baggy in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାଗି, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଗୀ
- baggy in Nepali
- ब्यागी, बैगी
- baggy in Arabic
- فَضْفاض faḍfāḍ, واسِع wāsiʕ
Examples of baggy in a sentence
- Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.
- Lucinda impressed her class when she revealed how snatched she was under her baggy sweatshirt.
- If your shirt is baggy, you can size down .
Synonyms of baggy
Forms of baggy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | baggier |
| superlative | baggiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | baggies |
| alternative form | baggie |
Origin of baggy
From bag + -y (adjectival suffix).
Presumably a back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies. Also analyzable as bag + -y (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from baggy
Phrases with baggy
Words that rhyme with baggy
Questions about baggy
- What does baggy mean?
- Baggy means of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- What is baggy in Hindi?
- Baggy in Hindi is ढीला (ḍhīlā). See Baggy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is baggy?
- Baggy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce baggy?
- Baggy is pronounced /ˈbæɡi/.
Words near baggy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: baggy (page history and authors); baggy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baggy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baggy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baggy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); baggy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baggy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baggy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baggy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baggy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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