different between rags vs bags

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?z/

Noun

rags

1. plural of rag

Derived terms

Verb

rags

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

Anagrams

• ARGs, GARs, GRAS, Gars, args, gars

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?aks]

Noun

rags m (1st declension)

1. (anatomy) horn (solid growth on an animal's head)

2. a sharp projection

3. an object or phenomenon similar in form to an animal horn

4. horn (a musical instrument in the shape of an animal horn)

5. horn (material, from animal horn, used to make object)

6. rod-like, usually curved, element or part, used for gripping or holding

7. (geography, syn. zemesrags) cape (projection of land into water)

Declension

Derived terms

• degunradzis
• zemesrags

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• args (without metathesis)

Adjective

rags

1. strong masculine genitive singular of ragr
2. strong neuter genitive singular of ragr

Old Prussian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??s/

Noun

rags

1. the first month of the year; see also Janw?rs

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