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Definition of Baggy
1. Adjective. Not fitting closely; hanging loosely. "A loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
Definition of Baggy
1. a. Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.
Definition of Baggy
1. Adjective. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing. ¹
3. Noun. A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baggy
1. loose-fitting [adj -GIER, -GIEST] : BAGGILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baggy
Literary usage of Baggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"Clad in mouse-colour, with black and white pourpoint, and, above, a hangdog,
flaccid face, baggy-eyed, its flesh like lard, this eldest of the tainted ..."
2. Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares by Susan I. Rotroff (2006)
"81 baggy, HORIZONTAL HANDLES (634, 635) 3 inventoried examples (3 in deposit ...
XA small, baggy chytra with canted, horizontal handles is represented by ..."
3. Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings: With Lives by Thomas & George Allan (Firm) (1891)
"... Wi' three or four mair of our neighbours se canny, Determin'd to gan to the
play-house to hear The king o' the fiddlers, the great baggy Nanny. ..."
4. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1862)
"Whitley, N., Esq., on some flint arrowheads (?) from near baggy Point, North
Devon, 114. ... baggy ..."
5. Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1878)
"Between North Molton and West Molland Farm (south of Twitching), the fault,
cutting out the baggy beds at the former place, either passes out or loses its ..."
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