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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.
  2. n. An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.
  3. n. A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.
  4. n. Promotional items, especially when given for free, considered as a group.
  5. n. Slang Stolen property; loot.
  6. n. Australian The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.
  7. n. Slang Herbal tea in a plastic sandwich bag sold as marijuana to an unsuspecting customer.
  8. v. Chiefly British To lurch or sway.
  9. v. Australian To travel about with a pack or swag.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To sink down by its weight; lean; sag.
  2. To move as something heavy and pendent; sway.
  3. n. An unequal, hobbling motion.
  4. n. Same as swale, 2.
  5. n. A bundle; the package or roll containing the possessions of a swagman.
  6. n. A festoon. See the quotation.
  7. n. In decorative art, an irregular or informal cluster: as, a swag of flowers in the engraved decoration of a piece of plate.
  8. n. In coalmining, a subsidence of the roof, in consequence of the working away of the coal: same as weighting.
  9. n. A large quantity: a lot; hence, plundered property; booty; boodle.
  10. To tramp about in search of work, carrying one's swag. See swagman, 2.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A burglar's or thief's booty; a boodle.
  2. n. a bushmans' possessions tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder on a long stick.
  3. n. A large quantity (of something).
  4. n. Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions.
  5. n. Alternative capitalization of 1: a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
  6. n. A loop of draped fabric
  7. n. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
  8. v. To sway or cause to sway
  9. v. To droop
  10. v. To decorate (something) with swags

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
  2. v. To sink down by its weight; to sag.
  3. v. To tramp carrying a swag.
  4. n. A swaying, irregular motion.
  5. n. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
  6. n. A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a bluey, or a drum.
  7. n. Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. valuable goods
  2. n. a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
  3. v. walk as if unable to control one's movements
  4. v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  5. v. sway heavily or unsteadily
  6. n. goods or money obtained illegally

Etymologies

  1. Probably of Scandinavian origin.

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  • nfriedman There are many Urban Dictionary entries for "swag," most having to do with promotional merchandise distributed at concerts, trade shows, conferences, and awards shows. Probably related to older definition of "loot"; attempts at backronyms (Stuff We Are Given, Shit We All Get) are almost certainly spurious. Secondary Urban Dictionary definition--"the way one carries oneself"--may derive from "swagger." Jun 7, 2009

  • qroqqa She saw signs, and chilled as she saw them, of certain swags under her chin, if not yet reality, then certainly warning.
    —Dorothy Parker, 'The Bolt behind the Blue'

    Note also unusual intransitive use of 'chill'. Nov 12, 2008

  • oroboros See boodle. Jan 16, 2008

  • seanahan Stuff(sh!t) We All Get. Sep 28, 2007

‘swag’ has been looked up 2262 times, loved by 3 people, added to 31 lists, commented on 4 times, and has a Scrabble score of 8.