Intentionally withholding information (including not doing your best at an activity) in order to surprise someone later.
Examples:
- "Check-raise" in poker (showing weakness despite to encourage someone else betting, knowing you likely have a superior hand). Also known as "slow-playing."
- Implying that you have bad news, then revealing good news
Examples:
- "Check-raise" in poker (showing weakness despite to encourage someone else betting, knowing you likely have a superior hand). Also known as "slow-playing."
- Implying that you have bad news, then revealing good news
Chuck made a sad face. "I have bad news," he said. After a pause, he broke into a grin. "Just kidding - I got the job! I was sandbagging you."
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Jen checked on the flop and turn, then went all-in on the river. It turned out she had flopped a full house and was sandbagging until the river.
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Jen checked on the flop and turn, then went all-in on the river. It turned out she had flopped a full house and was sandbagging until the river.
by JoshAllover January 11, 2018
In racing, placing bags of sand in your car or on your horse during qualifying to add weight this slow them down to earn them a better position in qualifying.
by J. Cloud, N. October 13, 2018
The act of blatantly sabotaging through expressing what you pretend are your desires, in the knowledge that doing so will prevent them from ever happening.
Dylan why would you go and bluntly ask her for a threesome on the beach, we had to work into it.... sandbagging at it's finest
by kamrynhehe May 04, 2022
by Always Right And You Know It April 04, 2017
When making a levy and running out of sand to fill the bags you then use human feces because your dumb ass is too stupid to vacate new orleans even in the impending devastation of a hurricane named katrina your spade ass was warned in advance was going to fuck you up and you and the rest of the jiggaboos ended up in the superdome cause shit in retrospect makes bad sand bags...dance monkeys dance flig your monkey turds
by Heather hammered February 01, 2018
The act of burying a woman's face in sand, finishing in a woman, then filling her vagina up with sand
by CheeseOnMyWilly June 05, 2023
The art of practicing silence waist deceptively listening ... Oh what is "on ya 6ix9ine.:" referencing, The old saying goes, Curiosity suffocated the cat.
by 666-499 November 17, 2018