swag
swag
Definition
swag (swag)
intransitive verb swagged, swagging swag′·ging
- to sway or lurch
- to hang down; sag
Etymology: < or akin to Norw svagga, to sway (in walking), swagger
transitive verb
- to decorate with swags
- to hang in a swag
noun
- a swaying or lurching
- a valance, garland, chain, etc. hanging decoratively in a loop or curve; festoon
- Slang stolen money or property; loot; plunder
- Austral.
- a bundle containing personal belongings, as of an itinerant worker
- Informal a large number or amount a swag of essays to mark
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Synonyms
swag
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tie: Painted with pink ribbon tied swags of gilt barley ears and gilt dentil rims.
- carve: The frieze panels feature carved floral swags flanking a tablet of carved cherubs.
- suspend: Decorated with Polychrome floral swags suspended from gold loops, together with dentil gilding.
Converse of subject
- surround: Outside, William and Mary's monogram can be seen above the doorway, surrounded by swags of fruit and flowers.
Adjective modifier
- floral: The frieze panels feature carved floral swags flanking a tablet of carved cherubs.
- decorative: Mezzanine created in Charcuterie mid 1990s, when Floral Hall also refurbished by addition of decorative plaster swags to ceiling.
- huge: Huge gold swag and tail curtains and antiquity style statues adorn the entrance.
Modifies a noun
- bag: For a chance win a swag bag full of Peter Carey books enter our Free Lunch competition.
- design: The tea set is in white china, with a very pretty delicate swag design in pale blue to the rims.
Noun used with modifier
- tech: And where would the swanky Awards Show be without tech swag?
- ribbon: A narrow, decorated frame with a ribbon swag to the top and a hanging ring to the top reverse.
- rope: The decking was edged with timber posts and a rope swag.
- plaster: Mezzanine created in Charcuterie mid 1990s, when Floral Hall also refurbished by addition of decorative plaster swags to ceiling.
Preposition: of
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