Synonyms for baggy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bag-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæg i

Top 10 synonyms for baggy Other synonyms for the word baggy

Définition of baggy

Origin :
  • "puffed out, hanging loosely," 1831, from bag (n.) + -y (2). Bagging in this sense is from 1590s. Baggie as a small protective plastic bag is from 1969. Baggies "baggy shorts" is from 1962, surfer slang. Related: Baggily; bagginess.
  • adj drooping
Example sentences :
  • I saw only the lower end of our balloon, which was overhanging its base, all loose and baggy.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Was everything, even a baggy young teacher of Arabic, foreordained?
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • He removed his marsuit to stand in baggy trousers and loose tunic.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Grizzled, ageless, watery-eyed, their clothing clean but baggy.
  • Extract from : « The Risk Profession » by Donald Edwin Westlake
  • She raised her skirt and the girls shrieked with laughter at the baggy stockings.
  • Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
  • The Armenian, in fez and baggy trousers, spoke of the Unspeakable Turk.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • He took off his cap and pointed to a hole through the baggy top.
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • The sleeves were long and baggy so he looked fat rather than muscular.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • His clothes were worn and darned in places, and wrinkled and baggy in others.
  • Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
  • He found that there was still a modicum of life and its energy within his baggy hide.
  • Extract from : « Mount Rainier » by Various

Antonyms for baggy

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