noun

• the police. See also pig.

  I think I smell some bacon.

  by Stefanie, Oak Park, IL, USA, Jan 23 2000.

adjective

• a tough person or rebel.

  You are such a bad ass!

  I wouldn't mess with her: I heard she's a real bad-ass.

  by Colin, British Columbia, Canada, Feb 16 1998.

• very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME.

  That was a bad-ass concert.

  That car is so bad-ass.

  by Rob, Richmond, VA, USA, Dec 05 1999.

• skilled.

  He's a bad-ass guitar player.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Jul 11 2007.

noun

• one's taste. That is, an activity that one finds appealing.

  Nah, man, smoking is not my bag.

  That movie last night was not my bag.

  by Mario C., Elizabeth, NJ, USA, Apr 26 1999.

• a (usually small, plastic) bag containing drugs or drug paraphernalia.

  What's in the bag, man?

  by Anonymous, Aug 10 2002.

• a displeasing woman; HAG.

  Laura next door is a real old bag.

  by Ash L., Burlingame, CA, USA, Jun 14 2003.

transitive verb

• to deceive.

  You've got to be baggin' me!

  by John S., Phoenix, AZ, USA, Jun 21 1997.

• to acquire

  I bagged the job I interviewed for!

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

• to be caught doing something wrong, or arrested.

  John got bagged for stealing last night.

  by Toma D., Queens, NY, USA, Jan 18 2003.

• to discard.

  Person A: This CD player is broken.
  
  Person B: Well then, bag it.

  by Robert H., Kingston, PA, USA, Jun 13 2004.

• to make fun of.

  by Kelvin A., Aug 27 2004.

notes

• The "one's thing" meaning was re-popularized by the Austin Powers movies.

  by Gillian C., May 23 2003.

transitive verb

• to get someone out of jail by posting bail.

  Thanks for bailing me out, man.

  by Anonymous, Jul 06 2007.

• to help someone out of a difficult situation.

  Thanks for bailing me out of that fight.

  by Anonymous, Jul 06 2007.

adjective

• obvious.

  That's so bait

  by Anonymous, Jun 25 2004.

noun

• one who tells on someone; A SNITCH; TATTLETALE.

  My little brother told my mom I smoke pot! He's such bait.

  by Caroline, Toronto, ON, Canada, Feb 26 2000.

verb

• to tell on someone; SNITCH.

  Why did you bait me out?

  by Shanelle, CA, USA, May 14 2002.

intransitive verb

• to be very good; BE AWESOME.

  You should go to that new restaurant. Their pasta fazoule is banging!

  That concert was banging.

  by Mara, San Jose, CA, USA, May 18 1999.

• to be stylish.

  That gear is banging.

  Her outfit is bangin'!

  by Tina, Virginia, USA, Nov 04 1999.

• to be very attractive.

  She was banging at that party!

  by Molly, PA, USA, Nov 30 1999.

• to be in a street gang. Short for "gang bang."

  Do you bang?

  He's bad news -- out banging with them felons.

  by Derek D., Astoria, NY, USA, Jan 18 2000.

• to hang out.

  I was banging with my peeps.

  by Chelsea N., Champaign, IL 61821, USA, Jan 31 2005.

transitive verb

• to have sexual intercourse with. Implies a lack of romance.

  I banged that girl I took home from the bar last night!

  by Lyndsey M., Edson, AB, Canada, Jun 11 1998.

• to make a change in direction, when driving.

  Just bang a quick left here.

  Bang a right at the stop sign.

  We passed it, so you'll have to bang a U-turn.

  by Kendall, MA, USA, Nov 09 1999.

• to stimulate the vagina with one's fingers.

  I banged that girl I took home from the bar last night!

  by Jared F., Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Oct 15 2001.

• to steal.

  He still bangs cars.

  by Amanda H., Honolulu, HI, USA, Apr 07 2004.

notes

• See bang.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 03 2009.

noun

• the police.

  Keep an eye out for Barney.

  That Barney busted up our party.

  by Justin A., Fresno, CA, USA, Feb 24 1999.

• a heated discussion or argument.

  Your Mam and Dad were having a real Barney last night.

  by Leigh S., Longnewton, Stockton-on-Tees, UK, Nov 14 1999.

• an unusually loud or violent argument.

  He had a barney with his mate.

  by tom m., Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Feb 22 2000.

• an ungainly, awkward newcomer to surfing -- unschooled in proper etiquette, apparel and technique; WANNABE. Formerly "hodad" (1960's), "nerd" (1970s) and "wally" (1980's.)

  That beach is overrun with Barneys.

  by Chris P., CH Hill Rd, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035, USA, Mar 03 2000.

• trouble. Origin: British. Most likely originated as a rhyming phrase: "trouble" -- "Barney Rubble" and later shortened. (Barney Rubble is a character from the Flintstones cartoon.)

  We're gonna be in deep Barney.

  by Karl, Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 08 2002.

• an unattractive male.

  He is such a Barney.

  by Anonymous, Jul 30 2007.

noun

• baby gangster.

  On the block I am known as B.G.

  by clarence m., Indianapolis, IN, USA, Jun 01 2002.

noun

• contraction of bimbo and ho. That is, an unintelligent and promiscuous female.

  That chick is a nasty bimho.

  by Glenda, Baltimore, MD, USA, Nov 07 1998.

intransitive verb

• to be of poor quality, displeasing.

  That movie really bites.

  by Kaeori, Kansas City, MO, USA, Oct 22 1997.

noun

• an instance of someone "biting," as described in the verb form.

  That is such a bite!

  by Kristan, Portland, OR, USA, May 22 2002.

transitive verb

• to plagiarize, typically in reference to a hip-hop artist stealing another hip-hop artist's lyrics.

  I hear he bites rhymes.

  Man, you ain't nothing bit a biter.

  by Jayne M., Detroit, MI, USA, Dec 13 1999.

• to copy or imitate.

  I hate it when people bite my moves.

  She bit my style.

  by Derrick P., Edmonton, AB, Canada, Dec 16 2001.

noun

• one who "bites," that is, plagiarizes from someone or copies or imitates someone; COPYCAT.

  The little biter completely copied my hair!

  by Anonymous, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Dec 15 1998.

noun

• a fraud job.

  They did a major bog on their taxes this year.

  by Mike Morgan, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Jan 31 1998.

• a restroom.

  by Jane M., Camberley, Surrey, UK, Oct 19 2005.

verb

• to steal, monopolize, or hog.

  Don't Bogart my cookies!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• to force.

  He Bogarted himself right in front of us.

  Don't try to Bogart me into doing anything.

  by Bill M., Toledo, OH, USA, Sep 07 2003.

origin

• The band Fraternity of Man has a song called "Don't Bogart Me," circa the late 1960s. Lyrics include: "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me."

  by Dan Day, MA, USA, Mar 12 1998.

• Possibly from the movie The Roaring Twenties. In the movie, Jimmy Cagney offers Hymphry Bogart his cigarette to share Bogart smokes the entire thing.

  by Geoffrey W., Jul 14 2004.

adjective

• good; excellent; COOL. See also the bomb.

  That movie is really bomb!

  by Kenneth G., Miami University, USA, Nov 17 1997.

noun

• good marijuana.

  I've some bomb.

  by Paolo T., Jul 08 2004.

• in American football, a long forward pass.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 02 2009.

verb

• to put graffiti on something; TAG. Also bomber (a person who "bombs,") etc.

  Phase one was one of the best train bombers.

  by Shin, Nov 30 2002.

• to be disappointing.

  That party bombed.

  by Anonymous, Jan 09 2003.

• to fail.

  That movie bombed in the theatres.

  by Anonymous, Jan 09 2003.

• to drive fast and recklessly.

  He came bombing down the street and almost hit us.

  by Carmen E., Nov 18 2005.

• to malfunction.

  Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 06 2009.