SWAGGING

SWAG

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


Verb

swagging

present participle of swag

Anagrams

• waggings

Source: Wiktionary


SWAG

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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