ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Baggy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈbæɡi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Baggy is an adjective meaning Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

Meaning

Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

More Meanings

  1. (figurative) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.
  2. (UK) A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.
  3. A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
  4. Such a bag filled with marijuana.
  5. (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.

Example Sentences

a baggy book
I said dad you're a shabby / You run around and groove like a baggy / You're only here just out of habit
He’d made some of the company’s baggiest-ever pants in response, and even baggier ones were in the works.
Pop historian Jon Savage listens to the best of the Stone Roses and their contemporaries – from Baby Ford to the Sabres of Paradise – and creates the perfect set of baggy playlists

Word Forms

Synonyms for baggy

Depending on context, synonyms include loose, saggy, relaxed, full, loose-fitting, pouchy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include loose-fitting, loose, drop, cowardly, coward, saggy.

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