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Added 9 October 2026

swag

/ˈswæɡ/ verb

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To (cause to) sway.
To droop; to sag.
To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

noun

A loop of draped fabric.
Something that droops like a swag.
A low point or depression in land; especially: A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled. A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.

noun

Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

noun

Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English swagen, a late collateral form of *swawen possibly originating from Lancashire and Yorkshire (possibly continued in Scots swaw (“wave”); parallel to e.g. drag for draw), from Old Norse *svaga (“to swerve, sway”), of unclear origin. Compare dialectal Norwegian svaga (“to sway, swing, stagger”).

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