swagger
Americanverb (used without object)
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to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
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to boast or brag noisily.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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(intr) to walk or behave in an arrogant manner
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to brag loudly
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rare (tr) to force, influence, etc, by blustering
noun
adjective
noun
Related Words
See strut 1.
Other Word Forms
- outswagger verb (used with object)
- swaggerer noun
- swaggering adjective
- swaggeringly adverb
Etymology
Origin of swagger
Example Sentences
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On the other, he's a flawless pop star who gives those songs catchy melodies and polished production, and performs them with swagger in sparkly suits.
From BBC
A swaggering drifter named Hal Carter arrives in town looking for work, and by sunset he has thrown the community, especially the fragile Madge Owens, into emotional turmoil.
Who else can deliver those swaggering lines, or the theatrical wounded pride when a postgame interviewer dares to ask why the moment never gets too big for Indiana?
The Bears need to recapture some of their swagger after losing at San Francisco, and the Lions are leaking confidence by the week.
From Los Angeles Times
As to character, Mr. Brown portrays Roosevelt as a “flaming exhibitionist” with “megalomania” and “Napoleonic swagger.”
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