SWAG


Meaning of SWAG in English

■ noun

1》 an ornamental festoon of flowers, fruit, and greenery.

↘a curtain or drape fastened to hang in a drooping curve.

2》 informal money or goods taken by a thief or burglar.

3》 Austral./NZ a traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings.

4》 Austral./NZ informal a large number or amount.

■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged )

1》 arrange in or decorate with ~s.

2》 Austral./NZ travel with a ~ of belongings.

3》 chiefly literary hang or sway heavily.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'bulging bag'): prob. of Scand. origin.

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