swag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swag	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for swag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swag n valuable goods goods or money obtained illegally Synonym(s): loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman v droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Synonym(s): sag, droop, swag, flag walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" Synonym(s): stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen sway heavily or unsteadily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swag \Swag\, v. i. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia] (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a {bluey}, or a {drum}. (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general. He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself. --Lawson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swag \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swagging}.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See {Sway}.] 1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton. I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. --Palsgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swag \Swag\, n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. 2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] --Charles Reade.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SWAG Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess. A term used by technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large projects. (2000-08-09)