swag
/ˈswæɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
Transitive verb
noun
A low point or depression in land; especially:
noun
A low point or depression in land; especially:
Example Sentences
- "1790, William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Argument, p. 1, Hungry clouds swag on the deep"
- "Soap/soak the mop into the mop bucket, squeeze it out slightly, swag it back and forth across the piss stained concrete, mop it dry."
- "so laid, they are more apt in swagging down, to pierce with their points, then in the jacent Posture"
- "I swagge as a fatte persos belly swaggeth as he goth."
- "Dior wouldn’t be Dior without the swagged ball gown[…]."
- "Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swagen, a late collateral form of *swawen possibly originating from Lancashire and Yorkshire (possibly continued in Scots swaw (“wave”); parallel to e.g. drag for draw), from Old Norse *svaga (“to swerve, sway”), of unclear origin. Compare dialectal Norwegian svaga (“to sway, swing, stagger”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: swagen, *svaga