Definition/Meaning of baggy

• English - Adjective: baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest) Of clothing, very loose-fitting , so as to hang away from the body. 2024 March 3, Jonah Weiner, “Why Are Pants So Big (Again)?”, in The New York Times Magazine: He’d made some of the company’s baggiest -ever pants in response, and even baggier ones were in the works. 2013 September 14, Steven Kurutz, “Caught in the Hipster Trap”, in The New York…
• English - Noun: baggy (plural baggies) (UK) A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement. 1990, “Kinky Afro”, in Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, performed by Happy Mondays: I said dad you're a shabby / You run around and groove like a baggy / You're only here just out of habit baggy (plural baggies) A small plastic bag , as for sandwich es. 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red",…
• English - See also: bag
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From bag + -y (adjectival suffix). Etymology 2. Presumably a back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies. Also analyzable as bag + -y (diminutive suffix).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈbæɡi/ Rhymes: -æɡi