swags 1 of 2

noun

plural of swag
as in loots
valuables stolen or taken by force robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swag
as in droops
to be limp from lack of water or vigor the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion

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Recent Examples of swags
Noun
Fresh wreaths and Mantel swags are for sale at the gift shop. — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025 Other jeans were decorated with swags of crystals and embroidery. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026 When your Christmas table has a lot of other elements (swags on the chairs, pretty napkins, festive dishes), keep your centerpiece simple. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025 The camp offers outdoor beds with cozy and upscale sleeping bags, known as swags, for a night spent beneath the Southern Cross and a morning watching nearby Uluru turn sherbet orange. — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025 There are 203 fresh wreaths, swags, and kissing balls and 90 faux wreaths and arrangements, 7,740 yards of ribbon is used, and 809 poinsettias are bringing bright pops of festive color all around the estate. — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
Magnolia leaf and fir branch garland swags drape our staircases, and warm white lights illuminate our trees. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swags
  1. treasures
  2. droops
  3. spoils
  4. hangs
  5. booties
  6. flags
  7. sags
Noun
  • Behind the Global Sourcing Process Finding exceptional products takes more than browsing catalogs—HomeGoods buyers travel the globe continuously to uncover unique home treasures for every kind of shopper.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • The region is one of Queenstown’s untouched natural treasures.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of treasures
Verb
  • Too thick of a mascara coat, and suddenly my gaze droops.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The cream should hold a soft, semi-sturdy peak that gently droops at the tip without collapsing entirely.
    — Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of droops
Noun
  • Belgium came from behind to draw 1-1 against Egypt, while Iran did so twice to share the spoils with New Zealand.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • The stars of the show are thick slices of heirloom tomatoes, but they’re complemented by other spoils of the season like fresh field peas, okra, and herbs.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
Definition of spoils
Verb
  • Just above the front door and beneath a surviving Sparkletts sign hangs the tilework that Gebhard and Winter enjoyed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The kidneys filter uranium out of the blood and clear it from the body in urine, but some of that uranium hangs onto kidney cells and causes damage.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 29 June 2026
Definition of hangs
Noun
  • Heels, sandals, heeled sandals, booties, boots.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Dogs may need booties to protect their paws from hot pavement; Best Friends Animal Society recommends holding your hand to the pavement for 7 seconds before a walk.
    — David Yeomans, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of booties
Verb
  • Claude Science even ships with a reviewer agent that flags bad citations and mismatched numbers.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • If a trigger fails, a webhook times out, or a conditional branch breaks, the system flags the failure and enqueues it.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
Definition of flags
Verb
  • There is no scrapeable archive of how to grasp a wet cup, unload a box that sags in the middle, fold a towel, or help an older adult out of a chair.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • As a result, the tournament typically sags in the middle, as neither comes close to losing.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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