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# swag

noun (swag — uncountable; Australia: a swag, swags); verb (swag, swags, swagged — rare)

«swag» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (slang) Swag means cool style and confidence in how you look or act: "He walked in with loads of swag." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#m1)
2. (informal) Swag is free stuff given away at events, such as badges, pens, stickers and T-shirts with a company's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#m2)
3. (old slang) Swag is stolen goods, especially what a burglar carries away in a bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#m3)
4. (Australia, New Zealand) A swag is a bedroll: a waterproof canvas bag with a mattress for sleeping outdoors; a swagman was a traveller who carried one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#m4)
5. A swag is also a piece of cloth or a decoration hanging in a curve, as above a window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday young people's talk "swag" is praise for style (a bit dated slang now). In stories, cartoon robbers carry a bag marked "SWAG". In Australian history and the song "Waltzing Matilda", the swagman camps by a billabong. At conventions and fairs, people collect swag. Phrases: "got swag", "conference swag", "roll out the swag", "swag bag".

### Examples

- The burglar ran off with a bag of swag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x1)
- We got lots of swag at the science fair: pens, stickers and a cap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x2)
- My cousin thinks his new trainers give him swag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x3)
- In the outback we slept in swags under the stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x4)
- Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x5)
- The curtains had a swag of red silk across the top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x6)
- That dance move has serious swag! (slang) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/#x7)

### Note

The style sense is slang; the stolen-goods sense is old slang from robber stories. In Australia "a swag" is countable (two swags); the other senses are uncountable. "Swagger" means a proud, confident walk.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «swag» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swag/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swag» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swag.html) on Mova free.