Collocations for suitcase - noun

heavy, light
open
empty, full
packed
bulging
battered
His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes.

leather
rolling (AmE), wheelie (BrE)
Elementary school students are now using rolling suitcases to haul their school books around.
I pulled my wheelie suitcase along behind me.

carry-on

cram sth in/into, pack, stuff sth in/into, throw sth in/into
Have you packed your suitcase yet?
He stuffed a few clothes in a suitcase and left.

take sth out of, unpack
fasten, shut, snap shut
She snapped her suitcase shut and stuck on a label.

open
lift, pick up
The suitcase was too heavy to lift.

grab
clutch, hold
carry, drag, heave, lug, pull
She heaved her suitcase down from the luggage rack.
We had to lug our suitcases around for a week.

drop, dump, put down
live out of
He got tired of living out of a suitcase and left his job as a sales rep.

be crammed with sth, be full of sth, be stuffed with sth, contain sth
The suitcase was full of drugs.

in a/the suitcase, inside a/the suitcase