bodybag
bodybag Lexical Profile
bodybag Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large, heavy-duty waterproof bag with a zipper, used to enclose and transport a human corpse from a site of death to a morgue or mortuary.
"The forensic team carefully zipped the evidence inside before transporting the bodybag to the county medical examiner's office."
• verb
To place a corpse into a heavy-duty mortuary bag for transport.
"The coroner's assistants had to bodybag the remains before moving them to the ambulance."
American To thoroughly defeat, humiliate, or outclass an opponent in a competition, argument, or rap battle (slang).
"The defending champion promised to bodybag his challenger in the final round of the tournament."
Word Nuance & Usage
Usually written as two words ("body bag") in formal contexts when referring to a mortuary sack, whereas the closed compound "bodybag" is especially common in slang and verbal use.