swag
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(swăg) 
n.
n.
- An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.
- An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.
- A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.
- Promotional items, especially when given for free, considered as a group.
- Slang. Stolen property; loot.
- Australian. The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.
- Slang. Herbal tea in a plastic sandwich bag sold as marijuana to an unsuspecting customer.
- Chiefly British. To lurch or sway.
- Australian. To travel about with a pack or swag.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
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scientific wild ass guess
and SWAG phr. & comp. abb. a simple guess. (Often objectionable.) I don't know at all. That was a SWAG. I always use the SWAG system.
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noun, Now mainly Austral and NZ
1: The stolen goods carried away by a burglar, loot; broadly, any illicit gains. (1794 —) .
J. Fenton And there were villains enough, but none of them slipped away with the swag (1982).
2: A large quantity of something. (1812 —) .
New Journalist (Australia): It is cheaper to buy a swag of aged situation comedies...than to produce even the simplest studio-bound program in Australia (1973).verb trans.
3: To shove; to take or snatch away roughly. (1958 —) .
J. Barnett The object is to see if the Commissioner was swagged away by anyone during the demo (1978).
noun, Now mainly Austral and NZ
1: The stolen goods carried away by a burglar, loot; broadly, any illicit gains. (1794 —) .
J. Fenton And there were villains enough, but none of them slipped away with the swag (1982).
2: A large quantity of something. (1812 —) .
New Journalist (Australia): It is cheaper to buy a swag of aged situation comedies...than to produce even the simplest studio-bound program in Australia (1973).
3: To shove; to take or snatch away roughly. (1958 —) .
J. Barnett The object is to see if the Commissioner was swagged away by anyone during the demo (1978).
| swacked, sussy, susso | |
| swallow, swamp, swamper |
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categories related to 'swag'
- Decorations, Ornaments, and Symbolic Objects - swag: suspended wreath or garland
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Swag may refer to:
- Swag (album), a 2002 album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist, Gilby Clarke
- Swag (bedroll), an Australian bedroll
- Swag (motif), an architectural element
- Swag (novel), a 1976 crime novel
- Swag (TV series), a United Kingdom reality television series
- "Swag" (Ugly Betty episode), the eleventh episode of the television series Ugly Betty
- Swag, a type of window valance, often in combination with a full curtain underneath
- Swag, originally Australian slang for stolen goods
- Swag, promotional items given away at trade fairs and events
- The Swag, a magazine published quarterly for Catholic priests and deacons of Australia
SWAG may refer to:
- SWAG, Sourceware Archive Group, a free collection of classified source code and sample programs written in Pascal.
- SWAG, Special Warfare Group, an elite unit of the Naval Special Warfare Group of the Philippine Navy
- SWAG, Scientific, Wild-Ass Guess. See List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions.
See also
- All pages beginning with "Swag"
- All pages with titles containing "Swag"
- Swagger (disambiguation)
- Schwag (disambiguation)
- Swage
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Swag
Dansk (Danish)
n. - bylt, bytte, tyvekoster
v. intr. - slingre, duve, vippe, vakle, hænge ned, vagabondere
Nederlands (Dutch)
buit, gestolen goed
Français (French)
n. - butin, (Austral) baluchon, fronce, (US) suspension
v. intr. - froncer
Deutsch (German)
n. - Bündel, (Slang) Beute
v. - schwanken, herunterhängen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τεμάχιο υφάσματος που σχηματίζει πτυχή (κν. ντραπερί), κρεμαστή ταξιανθία, (αρχιτ.) γιρλάντα, (αργκό) λεία, μπάζα
v. - τακτοποιώ σε πτυχές, ταλαντεύω/-ομαι, λικνίζω/-ομαι, (για σκοινιά κ.λπ.) κάνω κοιλιά, κρεμάω
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cambaleio (m)
v. - cambalear
Русский (Russian)
награбленное добро, добыча, взятка, деньги, полученные нечестным путем, гирлянда, раскачиваться из стороны в сторону
Español (Spanish)
n. - festón, botín, bulto
v. intr. - oscilar, mecerse, tambalear, flaquear, inclinarse, ladearse, desviarse, torcerse, ceder, pesar, influir, dirigirse, encaminarse
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjuvgods, byte, girland, drapering, veck, knyte
v. - svänga, svaja, drapera, gå på luffen
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
摇晃, 赃物, 水潭, 摇摆, 下垂, 倾斜
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 搖晃, 贓物, 水潭
v. intr. - 搖擺, 下垂, 傾斜
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 약탈품, 장물, 부정 이득
v. intr. - 약탈하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 盗品, 略奪品, 貴重品
v. - 揺れる
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) زينه أو حليه متدليه على هيئه زهرة أو غصن فاكهه , بضعاعه مسروقه (فعل) يتدلى , يتأرجح
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שלל, ביזה, זר פרחים אמנותי, צרור חפצים אישיים (אוסטרליה), וילון שחלקו העליון מתעגל
v. intr. - טלטל או נדנד מצד לצד, תלה ברפיון
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