baggy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæɡi/
• Rhymes: -æɡi

Etymology 1

bag +‎ -y

Adjective

baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)

1. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
2. Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
3. Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

   a baggy book

Synonyms

• (of clothing): loose, saggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting

Translations

of clothing, very loose-fitting

• Bulgarian: безформен (bg) (bezformen), провиснал (bg) (за дреха)
• Finnish: löysä (fi), löysänä roikkuva
• German: ausgeleiert

• Maori: tāreparepa
• Old English: pohhed
• Spanish: holgado (es)

Etymology 2

Presumably back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies.

Alternative forms

• baggie

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
   • 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,

     In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy."

Usage notes

• In British and Canadian colloquial usage (from at least the early 1980s) this especially applies to small self-sealing sandwich or freezer bags used for illicit purposes.

See also

• bag

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French

Adjective

baggy (plural baggys)

1. baggy

Noun

baggy m (plural baggys)

1. Loose-fitting trousers