bagging up

Putting into bags

Bagging up means putting things into bags, whether groceries at checkout, drugs for sale, or items for storage: The cashier was bagging up my purchases.

In British slang, bagging up can mean laughing uncontrollably—doubling over as if folding into a bag: We were bagging up at his story.

Related

cash out · end of shift · collecting · tying · tying off · shipping · labeling · stacking · compacting · stuffing · preparing · sorting · sealing · boxing · crating · folding · discarding · palletizing

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Opposites
containment action

bagging upunpacking

Removing items from containers

unbagging · taking out · removing · unloading · extracting

organization state

bagging upspreading out

Expanding across space

scattering · dispersing · laying out · strewing · distributing

retail/checkout process

bagging uprestocking

Replacing sold merchandise

putting back · unshelving

Family

bag, bagging, bags, bagged, bagger, baggy

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G