brown-bag

(broun′băg′)tr.v. brown-bagged, brown-bag·ging, brown-bags 1. To take (lunch) to work, typically in a brown paper bag.2. To take (liquor) into a public establishment, such as a restaurant, that does not serve alcohol.

brown′-bag′ger n.

brown′-bag′

v.t. -bagged, -bag•ging. 1. to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant, esp. one that has no liquor license. 2. to bring (one's lunch) to work usu. in a brown paper bag. brown′-bag′ger, n.

brown-bag

Past participle: brown-bagged
Gerund: brown-bagging

Imperative
brown-bag
brown-bag

Present
I brown-bag
you brown-bag
he/she/it brown-bags
we brown-bag
you brown-bag
they brown-bag

Preterite
I brown-bagged
you brown-bagged
he/she/it brown-bagged
we brown-bagged
you brown-bagged
they brown-bagged

Present Continuous
I am brown-bagging
you are brown-bagging
he/she/it is brown-bagging
we are brown-bagging
you are brown-bagging
they are brown-bagging

Present Perfect
I have brown-bagged
you have brown-bagged
he/she/it has brown-bagged
we have brown-bagged
you have brown-bagged
they have brown-bagged

Past Continuous
I was brown-bagging
you were brown-bagging
he/she/it was brown-bagging
we were brown-bagging
you were brown-bagging
they were brown-bagging

Past Perfect
I had brown-bagged
you had brown-bagged
he/she/it had brown-bagged
we had brown-bagged
you had brown-bagged
they had brown-bagged

Future
I will brown-bag
you will brown-bag
he/she/it will brown-bag
we will brown-bag
you will brown-bag
they will brown-bag

Future Perfect
I will have brown-bagged
you will have brown-bagged
he/she/it will have brown-bagged
we will have brown-bagged
you will have brown-bagged
they will have brown-bagged

Future Continuous
I will be brown-bagging
you will be brown-bagging
he/she/it will be brown-bagging
we will be brown-bagging
you will be brown-bagging
they will be brown-bagging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been brown-bagging
you have been brown-bagging
he/she/it has been brown-bagging
we have been brown-bagging
you have been brown-bagging
they have been brown-bagging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been brown-bagging
you will have been brown-bagging
he/she/it will have been brown-bagging
we will have been brown-bagging
you will have been brown-bagging
they will have been brown-bagging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been brown-bagging
you had been brown-bagging
he/she/it had been brown-bagging
we had been brown-bagging
you had been brown-bagging
they had been brown-bagging

Conditional
I would brown-bag
you would brown-bag
he/she/it would brown-bag
we would brown-bag
you would brown-bag
they would brown-bag

Past Conditional
I would have brown-bagged
you would have brown-bagged
he/she/it would have brown-bagged
we would have brown-bagged
you would have brown-bagged
they would have brown-bagged

brown-bag

brown bag

1. verb To pack one's own food (e.g., in a brown paper bag), especially lunch, usually for work or school. People who brown bag it each day eat healthier foods than those who go out for lunch.2. noun Such a lunch. Aw man, I forgot my brown bag, so I'll have to buy lunch after all.3. adjective Describing a gathering in which people bring their own bag lunches. The phrase can be hyphenated in this usage. Can we go out to a restaurant for a change? I'm sick of these brown-bag meetings.See also: bag, brown

brown-bag

1. n. a bag lunch. Bring a brown-bag, and we’ll talk and eat at the same time. 2. in. to carry a bag lunch. He’s back to brown-bagging while he saves up for his vacation. 3. mod. having to do with an event during which people eat their own bag lunches. These brown-bag affairs seem so tacky.