swag

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

swag, v. i. [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.].

•  To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.  [1913 Webster]
•  To sink down by its weight; to sag.  Sir H. Wotton.  [1913 Webster]

  "I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth."  [1913 Webster]
•  To tramp carrying a swag.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

swag, n. 

•  A swaying, irregular motion.  [1913 Webster]
•  A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.  Charles Reade.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

  "He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swag, n. & v.
--n.
1 sl. a the booty carried off by burglars etc. b illicit gains.
2 a an ornamental festoon of flowers etc. b a carved etc. representation of this. c drapery of similar appearance.
3 Austral. & NZ a traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings.
--v. (swagged, swagging)
1 tr. arrange (a curtain etc.) in swags.
2 intr. a hang heavily. b sway from side to side.
3 tr. cause to sway or sag.

Etymology

16th c.: prob. f. Scand.

THESAURUS

swag

angularity, arch, ascend, bag, bagging, baggy, ballooning, bank, bend, bend back, blackmail, bob, bobble, boodle, booty, bow, cadence, cant, careen, cascade, catenary, cave, cave in, climb, coggle, crook, curl, curve, daggle, dangle, decline, decurrence, decurve, deflect, depend, descend, dip, dome, drabble, drag, draggle, drape, droop, drooping, droopy, drop, embow, fall, fall away, fall off, flag, flap, flex, flop, flop down, floppy, flow, fluctuate, flump, flump down, flutter, founder, give way, go down, go downhill, go uphill, grade, graft, hang, hang down, haul, hook, hot goods, hump, hunch, inclination, incline, incurvate, incurve, inflect, keel, lapse, lean, leaning, leaning tower, librate, limp, list, loop, loose, loot, lop, lop-eared, loppy, lower, lowering, lurch, nod, nodding, nutate, oscillate, pend, pendulate, perks, perquisite, pickings, pitch, plop, plop down, plump, plunder, pork barrel, prize, public till, public trough, rake, recurve, reel, reflect, reflex, resonate, retreat, retroflex, rhino, rise, rock, rocks, roll, round, sag, sagging, sagging in folds, saggy, scratch, set, settle, settle down, shake, shekels, shelve, sidle, sink, sink down, sinkage, slant, slope, slouch, slump, slump down, smash, spoil, spoils, spoils of office, squeeze, stealings, stolen goods, stuff, stumpy, submerge, submergence, subside, subsidence, sugar, sway, sweep, swing, swinging, take, till, tilt, tilter, tip, toss, tower of Pisa, trail, turn, uprise, vacillate, vault, vibrate, wag, waggle, wampum, wave, waver, weep, wilt, wind, wobble, yaw

ROGET THESAURUS

swag

Booty

N booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag, pickings, spolia opima, prey, blackmail, stolen goods, manubial.

Moderation

VB be moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail, moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy, attemper, contemper, mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down, weaken, lessen, check palliate, tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off, slake, curb, tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, roar you as gently as any sucking dove.

Pendency

VB be pendent, hang, depend, swing, dangle, swag, daggle, flap, trail, flow, beetle, suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

Obliquity

N obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness, slopeness, leaning, bevel, tilt, bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch, distortion, bend, tower of Pisa, acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach, talus, monagne Russe, facilis descensus averni.

Curvature

VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

Descent

VB descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

Oscillation

VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.