Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swag \Swag\, v. i.
To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
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.
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.
Swag \Swag\, n.
1. A swaying, irregular motion.
2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
--Charles Reade.
Source : WordNet®
swag
n 1: valuable goods
2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {booty}, {pillage},
{plunder}, {prize}, {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}, {flag}]
2: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: {stagger}, {reel}, {keel},
{lurch}, {careen}]
3: sway heavily or unsteadily
[also: {swagging}, {swagged}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
SWAG
Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess. A term used by
technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large
projects.
(2000-08-09)