verb
bags
bagz
verb
1
To claim something for oneself before anyone else can.
"I bags the front seat!"
intj
1
Used, chiefly by British children, to stake a first claim on something.
""Bags I go first!" he shouted, racing to the swing."
How to Use Bags
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA very informal British way of calling dibs on something.
When to use it
Mostly used in casual British English, especially among children — "bags I" is the classic form.
Word Forms
bagsed past tense, bagses singular
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Etymology
From the verb bag in the sense "to make first claim on something," extended into a playground exclamation.