debag

D2E1B3A1G2
/diːˈbæɡ/

verb

To remove (something) from a bag.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

verbdebag (third-person singular simple present debags, present participle debagging, simple past and past participle debagged)

present singular third person debags · participle present debagging · participle past debagged · past debagged

  1. transitiveTo remove (something) from a bag.

    […] when such bags are used for organic materials destined to be composted, the plastics create nothing but problems. Materials must be debagged before composting […]

    2000, Sara Hulse, Plastics Product Recycling, page 35
  2. slangtransitiveTo pull down the trousers of a person quickly by surprise, as a prank.

    I don’t want to be debagged! Don’t you play the giddy ox with me!

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: pants, dekeck

  3. medicineTo perform blepharoplasty; to remove eyebags.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo pull down the trousers of a person quickly by surprise, as a prank.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  8. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  9. Middle Englishbagge
  10. Englishbag
  11. Englishdebag

From de- + bag.

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APA

debag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debag

MLA

“debag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debag.

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