sandbag.
A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
Meaning & usage
A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.
An engraver's leather cushion, etc.
A deceptive play whereby a player with a strong hand bets weakly or passively.
A bag of illicit drugs.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor. Proto-Indo-European *sámdʰos? Proto-Germanic *samdaz Proto-West Germanic *samd Old English sand Middle English sond English sand Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English sandbag From sand + bag.
To construct a barrier of sandbags (around).
We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.
To strike (someone) with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage; (originally poker) to pretend to have a weak hand, as a strategy.
To blindside; to deceive; to undermine.
To premake dishes (prepare them in advance) (intransitive); to premake (dishes) (transitive).
To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor. Proto-Indo-European *sámdʰos? Proto-Germanic *samdaz Proto-West Germanic *samd Old English sand Middle English sond English sand Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English sandbag From sand + bag.
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