We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.
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Sandbag
//ˈsændˌbæɡ//
Synonyms for "sandbag" (20 found)
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2 entriesentails
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1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qum kisəsi noun (a bag filled with sand)
- qum torbası noun (a bag filled with sand)
- qum çuvalı noun (a bag filled with sand)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 沙袋 noun (a bag filled with sand)
Danish
1 entries- sandsæk noun (a bag filled with sand)
Finnish
4 entries- hiekkasäkki noun (a bag filled with sand)
- hämätä verb (To conceal or misrepresent one's true position)
- muurata hiekkasäkeillä verb (To construct a barrier of sandbags around)
- teeskennellä juovansa verb (To pretend to drink early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table")
French
1 entries- sac de sable noun (a bag filled with sand)
German
3 entries- Sandsack noun (a bag filled with sand)
- tiefstapeln verb (To conceal or misrepresent one's true position)
- überrumpeln verb (To blindside or deceive)
Hungarian
1 entries- homokzsák noun (a bag filled with sand)
Indonesian
1 entries- samsak noun (a bag filled with sand)
Italian
1 entries- sacchetto di sabbia noun (a bag filled with sand)
Japanese
2 entries- 土のう noun (a bag filled with sand)
- 土嚢 noun (a bag filled with sand)
Korean
2 entries- 모래자루 noun (a bag filled with sand)
- 모래주머니 noun (a bag filled with sand)
Māori
1 entries- pēke kirikiri noun (a bag filled with sand)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sandsekk noun (a bag filled with sand)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sandsekk noun (a bag filled with sand)
Polish
4 entries- worek z piaskiem noun (a bag filled with sand)
- mamić verb (To blindside or deceive)
- omamiać verb (To blindside or deceive)
- omamić verb (To blindside or deceive)
Portuguese
2 entries- saco de areia noun (a bag filled with sand)
- esconder o jogo verb (To conceal or misrepresent one's true position)
Russian
1 entries- мешо́к с песко́м noun (a bag filled with sand)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vreća sa peskom noun (a bag filled with sand)
- врећа са песком noun (a bag filled with sand)
Spanish
2 entries- saco de arena noun (a bag filled with sand)
- remolonear verb (To conceal or misrepresent one's true position)
Swedish
1 entries- sandsäck noun (a bag filled with sand)
Turkish
1 entries- kum torbası noun (a bag filled with sand)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The height “49 feet” became a mantra, as volunteers worked for weeks sandbagging and building to match that height.
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Some felt that Roberts was sandbagging, because his mastery of the 250s wasn't really showing in practice or the heat.
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The sandbagging manager is similarly deceptive. He has mastered the art of seeming harmless and without power, but in reality he carries far more authority and clout than one would be led to believe.
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