swag

Meaning

Verb

1. To (cause to) sway.
2. To droop; to sag.
3. To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
4. 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

1. A loop of draped fabric.
2. Something that droops like a swag.
3. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

Noun

Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
2. Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
3. (informal) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
4. The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
5. A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
6. A large quantity (of something).

Noun

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

Synonyms

belongings

lurch

loot

careen

booty

keel

droop

plunder

stagger

sway

reel

sag

festoon

flag

prize

dirty money

pillage

bag

clothing

garland

blanket

spoil

swing

totter

parcel

post

prey

quarry

sagging

show off

show-off

stumble

teeter

fardel

stolen property

carrying stick

roll displacement

pick

⛏️

attitude

bedroll

bells and whistles

bluff

bumble

bundle

catch

curtain

drapery

drop

falter

flossing

flounder

hang

haul

heel

leech onto

loiter

loll

matilda

oscillate

pack

airs

picking

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swæɡ/

Etymology

From Middle English *swaggen, swagen, swoggen, probably from Old Norse sveggja (“to swing, sway”). Compare dialectal Norwegian svaga (“to sway, swing, stagger”).