swag
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L18540 on Wikidata ↗verb
- droop or sag from lack of tautness
- sway unsteadily or stagger
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈswæɡ/ / [ˈswæɡ] / /ˈsweɪ̯ɡ/
name
Etymology: Acronym of various terms.
- Initialism of Special Warfare Action Group.
noun
Etymology: From swag, an English slang word, in the mistaken belief that it originated as an acronym ("stuff we all get" or similar). For the true origin of the word, see swag.
- Alternative form of swag (handouts, freebies)
verb
Etymology: From 18th c. British thieves' slang, from the noun use of Etymology 1 above, "a swaying, an uneven motion." A folk etymology, particularly for the handouts definition, is “stuff we all get”.
- To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
“He told me that times had been bad at Invercargill, and that he had started for fresh pastures, had worked his passage up as mate in a small craft from the south, and, arriving in Port Underwood, had swagged his calico tent over the hill, and was now living in it, pitched in the manuka scrub.”
“That such a man was swagging in the Victoria Bush at the age of fifty-one requires explanation.”
- To transport stolen goods.
“Well, one night we were rather hard up and we wanted a good feed, so five or six of us set out, along with a great stout fellow, and we actually stole a whole sheep that was hanging at a butcher's door, and the big chap swagged it home.”
- To transport in the course of arrest.
“17 I was cooking crack, turned Abz' flat to a science lab 18, when my door got banged Like servery knows and throws them bags Two handcuffs on the hands on a circle van when I got swagged Seven day lost in cell, confinement, disobey lawful order”