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swagger
[ swag-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
- to boast or brag noisily.
verb (used with object)
- to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
noun
- swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.
swagger
1/ ˈswæɡə /
verb
- intr to walk or behave in an arrogant manner
- introften foll byabout to brag loudly
- rare.tr to force, influence, etc, by blustering
noun
- arrogant gait, conduct, or manner
adjective
- informal.elegantly fashionable
swagger
2/ ˈswæɡə; ˈswæɡɪ /
noun
- other names for swagman
Derived Forms
- ˈswaggering, adjective
- ˈswaggerer, noun
- ˈswaggeringly, adverb
Other Words From
- swagger·er noun
- outswagger verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of swagger1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Scherzinger’s reincarnated Norma Desmond, strutting around the stage with the swagger of an Instagram influencer, must be ready at a moment’s notice for her selfie.
The FT's review celebrated veteran director, Ridley Scott, for his "stubborn charm", "belligerent swagger" and "ideas that are more pulpy and loopy".
That is the kind of fervor — James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” played at the Republican National Convention in July — that has surrounded Trump since he swaggered onto the nation’s political stage.
He doesn’t have a cocky swagger where he is pretending to be this bigger-than-life character.
You need that edge, that energy, that swagger and Jared Verse definitely has that.”
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