swag

To (cause to) sway.ambitransitive

• 1790, William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Argument, p. 1, Hungry clouds swag on the deep

To droop; to sag.intransitive

• so laid, they are more apt in swagging down, to pierce with their points, then in the jacent Posture
• I swagge as a fatte persos belly swaggeth as he goth.

To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.transitive

• Dior wouldn’t be Dior without the swagged ball gown[…].

To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.transitive

• Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet.

A loop of draped fabric.

• He looked in bewilderment at number 24, the final house with its regalia of stucco swags and bows.

Something that droops like a swag.

• Detective Inspector Douglas Browne, the flesh of whose cheeks hung in swags, had the friendly aspect of a large brown-eyed dog.

A low point or depression in land; especially:; A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.

• Whenever the muddy water would accumulate in the swag the water from the well in question would become muddy[…] After the water in the swag had all disappeared through the sink-hole the well water would again become clear.
• This peach tree is th' big tree that allus bore so many peaches. It's th' one in th' low swag by th' old rotted white oak stump.

A low point or depression in land; especially:; A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.

• […] the Stoll household were hoeing corn high up on a bench or "swag" of the mountain facing the home, where there was newer and richer ground than in the abandoned fields in its rear.
• Finally he managed to grab hold of [the turkey's] legs, but as he did so, the turkey "riz" up into the air and carried him across a "swag" (gap) to the next mountain and courteously dropped him.

Style; fashionable appearance or manner.slanguncountable

• Now this dude got swag, and he was pushing up on me but, it wasn't like we was kicking it or anything!

Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.uncountable

• “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.’

Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.informaluncountable

• 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.

The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.Australiacountabledated

• He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself to him.

A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.Australiabroadlycountable

A large quantity (of something).AustraliaNew-Zealandcountable

• New Zealand wasted a swag of chances to lose their opening women′s hockey World Cup match.

A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.countableobsoleteuncountable

To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).Australiaambitransitive

• 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.

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

Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.alt-of

• I can take a swag at the answer, but it may not be right.