SWAG

swag

(noun) a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money

(noun) goods or money obtained illegally

swag

(noun) valuable goods

swag

(verb) sway heavily or unsteadily

stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen

(verb) walk as if unable to control one’s movements; “The drunken man staggered into the room”

sag, droop, swag, flag

(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

swag (third-person singular simple present swags, present participle swagging, simple past and past participle swagged)

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.

Synonyms: sway, lurch

(intransitive) To droop; to sag.

(transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

(transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.

Noun

swag (plural swags)

(window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.

A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

Etymology 2

Noun

swag (uncountable)

(slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

Etymology 3

Noun

swag (plural swags)

(obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods. [18th c.]

(thieves' cant, uncountable) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle. [18th c.]

(uncountable) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions. [late 20th c.]

(countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.

(countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.

(countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).

Synonyms

• (shop and its goods): stock

• (stolen goods): See Thesaurus:booty

Verb

swag (third-person singular simple present swags, present participle swagging, simple past and past participle swagged)

(Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]

To transport stolen goods.

Etymology 4

Noun

swag (plural swags)

Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

Anagrams

• AWGs, GWAS, WAGs, wags

Etymology 1

Acronym of various terms.

Noun

SWAG (plural SWAGs)

Initialism of scientific/speculative/sophisticated/stupid wild-ass guess.

Proper noun

SWAG

Initialism of Special Warfare Action Group.

Etymology 2

Noun

SWAG (uncountable)

(nonstandard) Alternative form of swag (handouts, freebies)

Anagrams

• AWGs, GWAS, WAGs, wags

Source: Wiktionary

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Swag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.]

1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.]

2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton. I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. Palsgrave.

Swag, n.

1. A swaying, irregular motion.

2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] Charles Reade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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