to swag
- verb
- /swæɡ/
- Archaic
- With each step, the backpack swagged heavily against her back, making it difficult to walk straight.
Examples
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The old tree swagged under the heavy weight of the snow after the blizzard.
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But in the meantime, Aaron has swagged the fence line with Christmas lights and it looks so pretty at night.
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First off, he he he swagged out, he got the kicks, the Griffey's and he got a jersey.
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Here's me Sheen, thinking I'm this little hotshot from London, swagging it on the way to the royal bathroom.
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It needs to be bagged, tagged, swagged, and bizarmed.
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As the truck drove over the rough terrain, the loaded boxes swagged from side to side in the back.
Synonyms
To move or shake unsteadily from side to side
To shake slightly with quick movements
To move unsteadily from side to side
To move unsteadily while rolling from side to side
To move gently because of wind, like tall grass
Antonyms
How Unsteady
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swag as a verb meaning to sway comes from an old Scandinavian word svagga meaning 'to sway'. So to swag is to move heavily or rock side to side.