swag

1. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.Examples: "He looked in bewilderment at number 24, the final house with its regalia of stucco swags and bows."

1. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.Examples: "Now this dude got swag, and he was pushing up on me but, it wasn't like we was kicking it or anything!"; "They've got those dumb Kanye sunglasses that are $3 a pair at any skanky old market, they've go the word SWAG airbrushed onto them; these kids are hanging around listening to crunk records, throwing around sayings like “Swag it out”, “Turn my swag on”, “Flip the swag switch and homie” and even “Get out your sweaty swag length and push it deep inside me”. Let me tell you something - if I ever see those kids out in Gangnam I'll be caving their sorry heads in with my swag bat, or I'll be making out with their swag girlfriend while they're too busy smoking crack behind a brick wall because that's how we do things in Gangnam, sucker."slanguncountable

1. (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.Examples: "The swag, is a term used in speaking of any booty you have lately obtained, be it of what kind it may, except money; as where did you lumber the swag? that is, where did you deposit the stolen property? To carry the swag is to be the bearer of the stolen goods to a place of safety."; "“It′s all arranged about bringing off the swag, is it?” asked the Jew. Sikes nodded."; "‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘[…] They tell me there was a recognized swag market down here.’"Synonyms: boodle, booty, fang, gizzit, haul, hot property, loot, pelfuncountable

2. (uncountable, informal) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.Examples: ""Make sure to take some swag on your way out!" I called. He stooped a bit in mid-trot and snatched a small gold bag out of the basket at the door. The contents were mostly shit, a few drink tickets to the Well of Souls, VIP status at Convent, that sort of thing."; "You may hesitate before you pocket the swag, wondering if doing so is OK. Worry not: Hospitality industry folks say they’re delighted when people feel compelled to take one of these as a keepsake."Synonyms: merch, schwaginformaluncountable

3. (countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.Examples: "He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself to him."Synonyms: bindleAustraliacountabledated

4. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.Australiabroadlycountable

5. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).Examples: "New Zealand wasted a swag of chances to lose their opening women′s hockey World Cup match."AustraliaNew-Zealandcountable

6. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.Synonyms: stockcountableobsoleteuncountable

1. (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).Examples: "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."; "The plot is straightforward. A swagman is settling down by a billabong after a hard day′s swagging."Australiaambitransitive

1. (slang, somewhat vulgar) Initialism of scientific wild-ass guess; also speculative/sophisticated/stupid/some wild-ass guess Used humorously to indicate that an estimate was more of a guess than the result of any stringent data analysis.Examples: "Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:supposition"abbreviationalt-ofinitialismslangvulgar