dictionary definitions for "swag"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swag \Swag\, n.
     1. A swaying, irregular motion.
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     2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
        --Charles Reade.
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     3. [Australia]
        (a) 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.
        (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence,
            luggage in general.
  
                  He tramped for years till the swag he bore
                  seemed part of himself.           --Lawson.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swag \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Swagging.] [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.]
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     2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton.
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              I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
                                                    --Palsgrave.
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     3. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  swag
      n 1: valuable goods
      2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty,
         pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
      3: a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
      v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
           of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]
      2: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
         man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel,
         lurch, swag, careen]
      3: sway heavily or unsteadily

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:

  SWAG
  
     <jargon> Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess.  A term used by
     technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large
     projects.
  
     (2000-08-09)
  


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