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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
swag
    n 1: valuable goods
    2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty,
       pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
    3: a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
    v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
         of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]
    2: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
       man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel,
       lurch, swag, careen]
    3: sway heavily or unsteadily

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton.
      [1913 Webster]

            I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
                                                  --Palsgrave.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swag \Swag\, n.
   1. A swaying, irregular motion.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
      --Charles Reade.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. [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.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
SWAG

    Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess.  A term used by
   technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large
   projects.

   (2000-08-09)


Thesaurus Results for Swag:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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