Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To construct a barrier of sandbags (around).

    We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.

  2. (transitive)To strike (someone) with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.

  3. (figuratively, intransitive)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.

    tiefstapeln

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To blindside; to deceive; to undermine.

    überrumpeln

  5. (intransitive, transitive)To premake dishes (prepare them in advance) (intransitive); to premake (dishes) (transitive).

  6. To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".

More definitions
  • protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up
  • downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
  • hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
  • treat harshly or unfairly

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The soldiers filled the sandbags with sand.

    ruСолдаты наполнили мешки песком.

    deDie Soldaten füllten die Sandsäcke mit Sand.

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  2. What are these sandbags used for?

    ruЗачем нужны эти мешки с песком?

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  3. Three sandbags have fallen out of the truck and spread on the road.

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  4. Sandbags can be used to erect a temporary wall to protect against floods.

    ruМешки с песком могут использоваться для возведения временных укреплений для защиты при наводнениях.

    deSandsäcke kann man verwenden, um eine provisorische Mauer zum Schutz gegen Hochwasser zu errichten.

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  5. They made the sandbags heavier.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to conceal or misrepresent one's true position:
to blindside or deceive:

Origin

Old Norse baggibor.?

Old Norse baggibor.?

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Forms

sandbags, sandbagging, sandbagged, sandbagged
Base formsandbag · to sandbag
3rd person singularsandbags
Present participlesandbagging
Past simplesandbagged
Past participlesandbagged

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysandbag
he, she, itsandbags

Past simpleLesson

all personssandbagged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sandbagged
he, she, ithas sandbagged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sandbag

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag:stun
  • compel by coercion, threats, or crude means:dragoonrailroad

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsandbagger

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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