bagging Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
    sacking.
  2. verb capture or kill, as in hunting
    bag.
    • bag a few pheasants
  3. verb hang loosely, like an empty bag
    bag.
  4. verb bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
    bulge; bag.
  5. verb take unlawfully
    pocket; bag.
  6. verb put into a bag
    bag.
    • The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries

WordNet

Bag"ging noun
Definitions
  1. Cloth or other material for bags.
  2. The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.
  3. The act of swelling; swelling.
Bag"ging noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke. Eng.

Webster 1913