Sandbag

3 definitions 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) 2.0 [wn]:

  sandbag
       n : 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},
           {railroad}]
       3: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: {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"
       [also: {sandbagging}, {sandbagged}]