sandbag

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Synonyms: handbag, sandbar, sand bag, sandag, sanbag

Antonyms: handbag, sandbar, sand bag, sandag, sanbag

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Noun

1. A sturdy [[sack]] filled with [[sand]], generally used in large numbers to make [[defensive]] [[wall]]s against [[flooding]], [[bullet]]s{{,}} or [[shrapnel]].
2. A small [[bag]] filled with sand and used as a [[cudgel]].
3. An [[engraver]]'s [[leather]] [[cushion]], etc.
4. {{lb|en|poker}} A [[deceptive]] [[play]] whereby a player with a strong hand bets weakly or passively.
5. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[bag]] of [[illicit]] [[drug]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To construct a barrier of sandbags (around).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[strike]] (someone) with a sandbag or other object to disable or [[render]] unconscious.
3. {{lb|en|figurative|intransitive|originally|US}} To [[conceal]] or misrepresent one's true position, potential{{,}} or intent in order to gain an advantage; {{lb|en|originally|poker}} to [[pretend]] to have a weak {{l|en|hand|id=card games}}, as a [[strategy]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative|transitive}} To [[blindside]]; to [[deceive]]; to [[undermine]].
5. {{lb|en|restaurant kitchen jargon|intransitive|transitive}} To [[premake#Verb|premake]] dishes ([[prepare#Verb|prepare]] them in advance) {{q|intransitive}}; to premake (dishes) {{q|transitive}}.
6. To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "[[drink someone under the table|under the table]]".

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