different between jags vs bags

English

Noun

jags

1. plural of jag

Verb

jags

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jag

Anagrams

• AGJs, JGAs

Afrikaans

Adjective

jags (attributive jagse, comparative jagser, superlative jagsste)

1. (vulgar) horny, randy
2. on heat, ruttish when referring to animals

Derived terms

• jagsheid

Danish

Noun

jags n

1. indefinite genitive singular of jag
2. indefinite genitive plural of jag

Swedish

Noun

jags

1. indefinite genitive singular of jag

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?gz, IPA^(key): /bæ?z/, /bæ??z/

Etymology 1

Noun

bags

1. plural of bag
2. (often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity.

   No need to rush, there's bags of time.

   Please take as many coat hangers as you like. I've got bags.

3. (slang) Loose-fitting trousers.

Verb

bags

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bag

Etymology 2

Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (“make first claim on something”).

Alternative forms

• baggs

Verb

bags (third-person singular simple present bagses, present participle bagsing, simple past and past participle bagsed)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To reserve for oneself.
   • 2006, Jill Golden, Inventing Beatrice, page 81,

     So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day.

   • 2007, Debra Oswald. Getting Air, page 66,

     Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.

   • 2008, Kate Dellar-Evans, Best of Friends: The First Thirty Years of the Friendly Street Poets, page 13,

     Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard.

   • 2009, J. Lodge, Black Mail, page 316,

     ‘Hey, it?s my turn in the front,’ Kalista called as she realised her brother had bagsed the front seat.

Synonyms

• (US) have dibs on
• bagsy

Antonyms

• (dated) fains

Interjection

bags

1. Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.

   Bags I sit in the front seat!

Anagrams

• GBAs, GBAS, gabs

Danish

Noun

bags c

1. indefinite genitive singular of bag

Swedish

Noun

bags

1. indefinite genitive singular of bag