Noun

(en noun)

A loop of draped fabric.

* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, page 438:

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

A low point or depression in land; especially , a place where water collects.

* 1902', D. G. Simmons, "The Influence of Contaminated Water in the Development of Diseases", ''The American Practitioner and News'', ' 34 : 182.

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.

Noun

(-)

(slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

* 2009 , Mark Anthony Archer, Exile , page 119

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

Noun

(en noun)

(countable) The booty of a burglar or thief; a boodle.

* 1838 , :

“It?s all arranged about bringing off the swag , is it?” asked the Jew. Sikes nodded.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘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.’}}

* 1971 November 22, Frank E. Emerson, “They Can Get It For You BETTER Than Wholesale”, New York Magazine , page 38

He was on his way to call on other dealers to check out their swag and to see if he could trade away some of his leftover odds and ends.

(uncountable) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions.

* 2011 , Mark Henry, Battle of the Network Zombies

“Make sure to take some swag on your way out!” I called.
He stooped a bit in mid-trot and snatched a small gold bag out of the basket at the door. The contents were mostly shit, a few drink tickets to the Well of Souls, VIP status at Convent, that sort of thing.

(countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.

(countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable in to an integral backpack.

(countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).

* 2010 August 31, " Hockey: Black Sticks lose World Cup opener]", [[w:The New Zealand Herald, The New Zealand Herald] :

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

Noun

(en noun)

; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

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

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Passage, route.

# (obsolete) One's journey or route.

# (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.

#* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:

But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].

# (obsolete) An aisle in a church.

Step.

# A step taken with the foot.

# The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement : English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance , ¶ ? 6)

Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.

I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces .

Way of stepping.

# A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.

#* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.}}

# Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.

Speed or velocity in general.

(cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.

The collective noun for donkeys.

* 1952 , G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe , The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:

but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.

* 2006 , " Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist , 9 November 2006:

A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.

* 2007 , Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses , Pineapple Press (2007), ISBN 9781561643905, page 200:

Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering'' of chicks, ''pace'' of donkeys, ''troop'' of horses, and ''fold of sheep.

Noun

(en noun)

Easter.