debag
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /diːˈbæɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æɡ
Verb
editdebag (third-person singular simple present debags, present participle debagging, simple past and past participle debagged)
- (transitive) To remove (something) from a bag.
- 2000, Sara Hulse, Plastics Product Recycling, page 35:
- […] when such bags are used for organic materials destined to be composted, the plastics create nothing but problems. Materials must be debagged before composting […]
- (transitive, slang) To pull down the trousers of a person quickly by surprise, as a prank.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- I don’t want to be debagged! Don’t you play the giddy ox with me!
- (surgery) To perform blepharoplasty to remove eyebags.