The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.]
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To sink down by its weight; to sag.
--Sir H. Wotton.I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
--Palsgrave. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of swag English)
WordNet
n. valuable goods
goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, 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 [syn: sag, droop, flag]
walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, careen]
sway heavily or unsteadily
See swag
Usage examples of "swagging".
Nor was this raw work to be wonder'd at, considering the greenness of the twigs and the severity of the infliction, whilst the whole surface of his skin was so smooth-stretched over the hard and firm pulp of flesh that fill'd it, as to yield no play, or elusive swagging under the stroke: which thereby took place the more plum, and cut into the quick.
Not nearly so much as did the presence of Morley Dotes and Belinda’s swagging toughs.