Swag

Quick meaning: Swag is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
2. (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
3. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
4. Something that droops like a swag.
5. A low point or depression in land; especially:
6. (transitive) 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.
7. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

Example Sentences

I swagge as a fatte persos belly swaggeth as he goth.

Dior wouldn’t be Dior without the swagged ball gown[…].

He looked in bewilderment at number 24, the final house with its regalia of stucco swags and bows.

so laid, they are more apt in swagging down, to pierce with their points, then in the jacent Posture

Word Forms

• swags
• swagging
• swagged

Synonyms for swag

Depending on context, synonyms include sway, lurch, boodle, booty, fang, gizzit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sag, lurch, droop, reel, stagger, plunder.

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