Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
sandbag \sand"bag`\, n.
A bag filled with sand; small sandbags may be used as a
weapon, or larger ones to build walls or as ballast; as, they
kept the flooding river from the area by buiding a temmporary
dike out of sandbags.
[WordNet 1.6]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
sandbag \sand"bag`\, v.
To treat harshly or unfairly. [WordNet sense 1]
[WordNet 1.6]
2. To hit something or somebody with or as if with a sandbag.
[WordNet sense 2]
[WordNet 1.6]
3. To protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; as, the
residents sandbagged the beach front. [WordNet sense 3]
[WordNet 1.6]
4. To thwart (another person's plans) by surreptitious
maneuvers; as, he sandbagged my proposal by talking in
private with other members of the committee. [informal]
[PJC]
5. To intimidate or coerce, especially by crude methods.
[Informal]
[PJC]
6. To deceive and take advantage of (a person) by
misrepresenting one's true intentions. [Informal]
[PJC]
7. Hence: (Poker) To encourage opponents into betting more by
first refraining from betting while having a strong hand,
and only later raising the stakes. In informal games,
certain types of sandbagging are forbidden.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sandbag
n 1: a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls
or as ballast
v 1: treat harshly or unfairly
2: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged
him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: {dragoon}, {sandbag},
{railroad}]
3: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn:
{sandbag}, {stun}]
4: downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to
deceive, as in gambling
5: protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; "The residents
sandbagged the beach front"
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