different between kit vs swag

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown.

The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century.The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
2. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
   • 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):

   He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.

3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

   Always carry a good first-aid kit.

5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.

   I built the entire car from a kit.

6. (Britain, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
7. (Britain, informal) Clothing.

   Get your kit off and come to bed.

8. (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
9. (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
10. (music) A drum kit.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• kit and caboodle
• kit car
• kit out

Translations

Verb

kit (third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted)

1. (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.

   We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

Etymology 2

A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt).From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox"). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. A kitten (young cat).
2. A kit fox.
3. A young skunk.
4. A young ferret.
5. A young rabbit.
6. A young weasel

Translations

Etymology 3

16th century, perhaps from cithara.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. Synonym of kit violin
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge

     A dancing master's kit.

   • Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German kitte, kütte (circa 1880).

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.

Anagrams

• ITK, ikt, tik

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian ??? (kit).

Noun

kit

1. whale (Cetacea)

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Etymology 1

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, not used in plural form)

1. putty

Etymology 2

From English kit (1980).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, plural indefinite kit or kits)

1. kit

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin. Possibly borrowed from the dialectal German Kietze (“carrying basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kitj?-. The German word has also appeared as Kötze, from Middle High German *kœzze, from Proto-Germanic *kut-, which would be related to the root of kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.

Noun

kit f (plural kitten, diminutive kitje n)

1. metal can, used mainly for coal

Derived terms

• kolenkit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kitt.

Noun

kit f or n (uncountable)

1. sealant

Derived terms

• kitten

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

kit m (plural kits, diminutive kitje n)

1. set of tools

References

Anagrams

• tik

Hungarian

Etymology

ki +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kit]
• Hyphenation: kit

Pronoun

kit

1. accusative singular of ki

Jehai

Noun

kit

1. buttocks

   kit t?m : mouth of the river (literally: buttocks [of the] river)

References

• Niclas Burenhult, A grammar of Jahai (2005)

Nzadi

Noun

kít (plural kít)

1. chair

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ?ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?it/

Etymology 1

From German Kitt

Noun

kit m inan

1. putty (form of cement)
2. (slang) lie

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) kitowa?, skitowa?, zakitowa?, okitowa?, wykitowa?
• (noun) kitowacz
• (noun phrase) kit pszczeli
• (adjective) kitowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kit f

1. genitive plural of kita

Further reading

• kit in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English kit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kit??/
  • Homophone: kitsch

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

1. kit (collection of items needed for a specific purpose)

   Synonym: jogo

2. kit (collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble)

Derived terms

• kit gay

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kêtos).

Noun

k?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. whale

Declension

See also

• pliskavica (special type of a whale)

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (kêtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kí?t/

Noun

k?t m anim (female equivalent k?tovka)

1. whale

Inflection

Etymology 2

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kí?t/

Noun

k?t m inan

1. putty

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From English kit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kit/, [?kit?]

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

1. kit

   Synonym: (kit) equipo

Tok Pisin

Noun

kit

1. putty

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??? (kit), from Ancient Greek ????? (kêtos).

Noun

kit (definite accusative kidi, plural kitler)

1. whale

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /swæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English *swaggen, swagen, swoggen, probably from Old Norse sveggja (“to swing, sway”). Compare dialectal Norwegian svaga (“to sway, swing, stagger”).

Verb

swag (third-person singular simple present swags, present participle swagging, simple past and past participle swagged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) sway.

   Synonyms: sway, lurch
2. (intransitive) To droop; to sag.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)

   • 1530, John Palsgrave, L'esclarcissement de la langue francoyse

     I swagge as a fatte persos belly swaggeth as he goth.

3. (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
4. (transitive) 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.
   • 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting (page 19)

     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.

Noun

swag (plural swags)

1. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 438:

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

2. 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.

Derived terms

• swagger

Etymology 2

Clipping of swagger. A common pseudo-etymology is the derivation as acronym for “secretly we are gay”, or other unlikely phrases.

Noun

swag (uncountable)

1. (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!

Derived terms

• swag it out

Etymology 3

From 18th c. British thieves' slang.

Noun

swag (plural swags)

1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods. [18th c.]

   Synonym: stock

2. (thieves' cant, uncountable) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle. [18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:booty

   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 19:

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

   • 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.

4. (uncountable) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions. [late 20th c.]
5. (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.
6. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
7. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
   • 2010 August 31, "Hockey: Black Sticks lose World Cup opener", The New Zealand Herald:

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

Derived terms

• swagful, swagless
• (shop): rum swag, swag barrow
• (stolen goods): swag bag, swag chovey bloke, swagsman (“fence”)
• (itinerant's belongings): swagman

Verb

swag (third-person singular simple present swags, present participle swagging, simple past and past participle swagged)

1. (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]
   • 1880, James Coutts Crawford, Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia, page 259,

     He told me that times had been bad at Invercargill, and that he had started for fresh pastures, had worked his passage up as mate in a small craft from the south, and, arriving in Port Underwood, had swagged his calico tent over the hill, and was now living in it, pitched in the manuka scrub.

   • 1976, Pembroke Arts Club, The Anglo-Welsh Review, page 158,

     That such a man was swagging in the Victoria Bush at the age of fifty-one requires explanation.

   • 2006, Inga Clendinnen, The History Question: Who Owns the Past?, Quarterly Essay, Issue 23, page 3,

     The plot is straightforward. A swagman is settling down by a billabong after a hard day?s swagging.

   • 2011, Penelope Debelle, Red Silk: The Life of Elliott Johnston QC, page 21,

     Over the Christmas of 1939, just three months after Britain and Australia had declared war on Germany, they went swagging together for a week and slept out under the stars in the Adelaide Hills, talking, walking and reading.

2. To transport stolen goods.

Derived terms

• swaggie
• swagman
• swag it

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

swag (plural swags)

1. Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

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

Translations

References

Anagrams

• AWGs, GWAS, WAGs, wags

Old Frisian

Etymology

From a word referring to the fence around a pasture; cf. Old Norse sveigr (“supple branch, headkerchief”), ultimately from a root meaning to bend or twist.

Noun

sw?g f

1. pasture

Descendants

• Dutch: Zwaag
• Frisian: sweach, swaech

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010) , “zwaag”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute