Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to handbag
Participle: handbagged
Gerund: handbagging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | handbag |
| you | handbag |
| he;she;it | handbags |
| we | handbag |
| you | handbag |
| they | handbag |
Perfect
| I | have handbagged |
| you | have handbagged |
| he;she;it | has handbagged |
| we | have handbagged |
| you | have handbagged |
| they | have handbagged |
Past
| I | handbagged |
| you | handbagged |
| he;she;it | handbagged |
| we | handbagged |
| you | handbagged |
| they | handbagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had handbagged |
| you | had handbagged |
| he;she;it | had handbagged |
| we | had handbagged |
| you | had handbagged |
| they | had handbagged |
Future
| I | will handbag |
| you | will handbag |
| he;she;it | will handbag |
| we | will handbag |
| you | will handbag |
| they | will handbag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have handbagged |
| you | will have handbagged |
| he;she;it | will have handbagged |
| we | will have handbagged |
| you | will have handbagged |
| they | will have handbagged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | handbag |
| you | handbag |
| he;she;it | handbag |
| we | handbag |
| you | handbag |
| they | handbag |
Perfect
| I | have handbagged |
| you | have handbagged |
| he;she;it | have handbagged |
| we | have handbagged |
| you | have handbagged |
| they | have handbagged |
Imperfect
| I | handbagged |
| you | handbagged |
| he;she;it | handbagged |
| we | handbagged |
| you | handbagged |
| they | handbagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had handbagged |
| you | had handbagged |
| he;she;it | had handbagged |
| we | had handbagged |
| you | had handbagged |
| they | had handbagged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would handbag |
| you | would handbag |
| he;she;it | would handbag |
| we | would handbag |
| you | would handbag |
| they | would handbag |
Perfect
| I | would have handbagged |
| you | would have handbagged |
| he;she;it | would have handbagged |
| we | would have handbagged |
| you | would have handbagged |
| they | would have handbagged |
Imperative
| you | handbag |
| we | Let's handbag |
| you | handbag |
Verbs conjugated like 'handbag'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'handbag'
sandbag,
handball,
bandage,
gangbang,
gasbag,
hand,
hand-tab,
handbrake,
handfast,
handicap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
Sample Sentences
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‘Apparently Birt happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday afternoon. Virginia saw him and handbagged him. She really was very cross.’ [1995, Nicholas Jones, Soundbites and Spin Doctors, London: Cassell, →ISBN, page 202:]
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My favourite part of the whole day was being handbagged by a reader who was quivering with rage and said, ‘You've changed everything!’ and complained about everything, even how easy the crossword was, as Dower filmed every foam-flecked word. [2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of the Lady, London: Fig Tree, →ISBN, page 168:]