unbag

U1N1B3A1G2

verb

To remove from a bag.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbunbag (third-person singular simple present unbags, present participle unbagging, simple past and past participle unbagged)

present singular third person unbags · participle present unbagging · participle past unbagged · past unbagged

  1. 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 Reader
    1 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  10. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  11. Middle Englishbagge
  12. Englishbag
  13. Englishunbag

From un- + bag.

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APA

unbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbag

MLA

“unbag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbag. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbag.

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