Meanings
present singular third person unbags · participle present unbagging · participle past unbagged · past unbagged
- To remove from a bag.
Since the cat is unbagged in the first act, most of the play concerns James's maneuvering between bouts of reconciliation and backsliding.
1988 January 29, Tom Boeker, “Thrill Seekers”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
They unbagged the groceries, working side by side, mostly silently. Each item removed from its bag was like a brick removed from the wall between them.
2013, Carole Howard, About Face
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Germanic*anda-
- Proto-West Germanic*anda-
- Old Englishand-
- Old Englishon-
- Middle Englishon-
- Englishun-
- Old Norsebaggibor.?
- Old Frenchbaguebor.?
- Middle Englishbagge
- Englishbag
- Englishunbag
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Cite this entry
unbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbag
“unbag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbag. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbag.
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