1. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
   "she reached into her handbag and found a comb";
   - bag, pocketbook, purse [N. Amer]

1. (of a woman) make a fierce verbal attack on someone
   "Thatcher's domineering style was to polarize issues and trash all opponents, as she handbagged her way through the 1980s"

Derived forms: handbagged, handbagging, handbags

Type of: container

Encyclopedia: Handbag