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baggy

American  
[bag-ee] / ˈbæg i /

adjective

baggier, baggiest

  1. baglike; hanging loosely.

    Synonyms:
    loose-fitting, loose, droopy
baggy 1 British  
/ ˈbæɡɪ /

adjective

  1. (of clothes) hanging loosely; puffed out

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baggy 2 British  
/ ˈbæɡɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of bagie

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Etymology

Origin of baggy

First recorded in 1820–30; bag + -y 1

Explanation

Baggy clothes are loose-fitting. Sometimes kids wear their pants so baggy that their legs look like toothpicks in a lunch bag. It’s easy to hide in baggy clothes, and they’re usually really comfy. The adjective baggy describes oversized or roomy clothes. A baggy t-shirt and ripped-up pants probably isn't the ideal outfit for a job interview. You can also talk about baggy skin — you might say that your friend's baggy eyes betray the fact that he stayed up late finishing his English paper. Baggy comes from bag, with its Old Norse root, baggi.

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Doggett, an outstanding bowler in domestic cricket over recent years, will pull on a Baggy Green for the first time after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out with a hamstring strain.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

Baggy khakis became skinny jeans, marine blue and blood red were swapped for fluorescent color schemes, and women numbered among the biggest stars of this dance-rap phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

For relaxed jeans, he is a fan of the Baggy Jean from Abercrombie & Fitch and the Loose Fit Jeans from Los Angeles Apparel.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

Three Lions and Baggy Greens coming together at regular intervals to measure their cricketing excellence and celebrate everything we like and dislike about each other.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Before we could come up with a better approach, Fifi surprised us by admitting that the Baggy was hers.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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