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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
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
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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