SWAG (swagged, swagging)
Dictionary entry overview: What does swag mean?
• SWAG (noun)
The noun SWAG has 3 senses:
1. valuable goods
2. goods or money obtained illegally
3. a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
Familiarity information: SWAG used as a noun is uncommon.
• SWAG (verb)
The verb SWAG has 3 senses:
1. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
2. walk as if unable to control one's movements
3. sway heavily or unsteadily
Familiarity information: SWAG used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SWAG (noun)
Meaning:
Valuable goods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("swag" is a kind of...):
valuable (something of value)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Goods or money obtained illegally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
booty; dirty money; loot; pillage; plunder; swag; prize
Hypernyms ("swag" is a kind of...):
stolen property (property that has been stolen)
Meronyms (parts of "swag"):
cut (a share of the profits)
Meaning:
A bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("swag" is a kind of...):
bundle; sheaf (a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
• SWAG (verb)
Meaning:
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
droop; sag; swag; flag
Hypernyms (to "swag" is one way to...):
drop; drop down; sink (fall or drop to a lower place or level)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swag"):
slouch; slump (assume a drooping posture or carriage)
bag (hang loosely, like an empty bag)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Walk as if unable to control one's movements
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
stagger; reel; lurch; keel; careen; swag
Context example:
The drunken man staggered into the room
Hypernyms (to "swag" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Sway heavily or unsteadily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "swag" is one way to...):
rock; shake; sway (move back and forth or sideways)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
