1. A bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
   "They piled sandbags along the riverbank to prevent flooding"

1. Protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up
   "The residents sandbagged the beach front"
    
2. Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
   "The unexpected news sandbagged the investors";
   - stun
    
3. Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
   "He sandbagged during the first few hands to lure his opponents into betting more"
    
4. Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
   "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone";
   - dragoon, railroad
    
5. Treat harshly or unfairly
   "The politician sandbagged his opponent with last-minute negative ads"

Derived forms: sandbagging, sandbags, sandbagged

Type of: bag, coerce, disinform, force, hale [archaic], hit, misinform, mislead, pressure, squeeze, strengthen, toughen, wrong

Encyclopedia: Sandbag