baggy
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of baggy
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.
Example Sentences
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“Lately, I think we’re swinging back in the direction of ‘the big, baggy monster’ idea of what a novel is,” Offill remarks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
From Champions League toe-pokes to swivelling on a dime in baggy blaugrana, the Ballon d'Or winner's very presence was enough to tune in for.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Nineteenth-century realist novels—those “loose baggy monsters,” in Henry James’s words—get a bad rap for being boring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Banoffee: Mo would put me in a baggy jean, with a belt and a little shirt, with some sort of leather jacket or a bomber and a cool sneaker.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
The war had taken its toll, but beneath his baggy coat and trousers, there was a lean and strong body.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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