Word details
바가지
- Pronunciation
- 바가지
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
bagaji
gourd; vessel: A round-shaped vessel made by cutting a gourd in half or forming plastic into a similar shape that is used to scoop or keep liquid, grains, powder, etc., in.
bagaji
vessel: A unit of measuring the volume of liquid, grains, powder, etc., by putting them into a vessel.
ripoff
A fare or price that is much higher than the fair price.
Idioms
바가지(를) 긁다
scratch a bagaji, a gourd
For a wife to make complaints to and nag at her husband about livelihood and housekeeping.
바가지(를) 쓰다
be ripped off
To suffer a loss by paying for goods at a much higher price than the fair price.
바가지(를) 씌우다
rip someone off
To make someone suffer a loss by paying for goods at a much higher price than the fair price.