baggier; baggiest
1
: loose, puffed out, or hanging like a bag
baggy trousers
2
: loosely constructed and inflated with inessential elements
a baggy novel
Examples of baggy in a Sentence
These pants are too baggy at the knees.
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Some of this — the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) — might have reminded them of the famous quintet.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Some of this — the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) — might have reminded them of them.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Another sad snapshot of a 50-year-old man with a swollen face and baggy eyes who has become the Britney Spears of golf.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Some of this — the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) — might have reminded them of them.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Some of this — the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) — might have reminded them of them.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Another sad snapshot of a 50-year-old man with a swollen face and baggy eyes who has become the Britney Spears of golf.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Some of this — the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) — might have reminded them of them.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Baggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggy. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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baggy
adjective
bag·gy
ˈbag-ē 
baggier; baggiest
: loose, puffed out, or hanging like a bag
baggy pants
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