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swag (swag)

intransitive verb swagged, swagging swag′·ging

  1. to sway or lurch
  2. to hang down; sag

Etymology: < or akin to Norw svagga, to sway (in walking), swagger

transitive verb

  1. to decorate with swags
  2. to hang in a swag

noun

  1. a swaying or lurching
  2. a valance, garland, chain, etc. hanging decoratively in a loop or curve; festoon
  3. Slang stolen money or property; loot; plunder
  4. Austral.
    1. a bundle containing personal belongings, as of an itinerant worker
    2. Informal a large number or amount a swag of essays to mark
swag* Synonyms

swag*

n.

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

  • fruit: Outside, William and Mary's monogram can be seen above the doorway, surrounded by swags of fruit and flowers.
  • rose: Round the sides of the cake he had piped swags of roses.

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