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bagsy

bagsy verb: to make a verbal claim to.

Verb

bagsy (third-person singular simple present bagsies, present participle bagsying, simple past and past participle bagsied)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make a verbal claim to.
    • I bagsy the top bunk of the bed.
    • “After you two nearly killed us, I’m going to drive from now on.”
      “I never get to drive!” huffed Thumbs.
      “Well, I bagsied it first!” snapped Fingers.
      “I will drive!” announced Dad.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    shotgun, bags

Synonyms of bagsy

Forms of bagsy

third-person singular presentbagsies
present participlebagsying
past participlebagsied
pastbagsied

Origin of bagsy

Respelling and grammatical repurposing of bags I, as used to claim something for oneself, for example, Bags I have the top bunk!.

Questions about bagsy

What does bagsy mean?
Bagsy means to make a verbal claim to.
What part of speech is bagsy?
Bagsy is a verb.
What is the past tense of bagsy?
The past tense of bagsy is bagsied.

Words near bagsy in the dictionary

  1. bagsies
  2. bagsing
  3. bagsman
  4. bagsmen
  5. Bagster
  6. bagsy
  7. bagsying
  8. Bagthorpe
  9. Bagthorpe with Barmer
  10. bagtikan
  11. bagtikans

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