swagger
- to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
- to boast or brag noisily.
- to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
- swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.
Origin of swagger
Synonyms for swagger
Related Words for swaggered
sashay, strut, prance, gloat, bluster, saunter, swank, bully, boast, cock, swell, pontificate, grandstand, sweep, brandish, hector, brag, flourish, lord, swayExamples from the Web for swaggered
Contemporary Examples of swaggered
Hizzoner asked in a pleading tone—an extremely rare posture for a man who in the past had swaggered with an air of invincibility.
He swaggered into the school cafeteria that day with a .22 caliber handgun and started shooting randomly.
In cowboy boots and fake Stetson, and with a large pistol on his hip, he swaggered around Parchman as if he owned it.
Historical Examples of swaggered
And he swaggered out before M. Binet had recovered from his speechlessness.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
Bill McCandless leaped from the saddle and swaggered to the corral bars.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
He swaggered a little over the letter and told the family he had to, it was such luck.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
He paused and swaggered a little on the precarious support of his cracker box.
Hidden WaterDane Coolidge
"Swaggered," supplied Cummings coolly as the president's voice lapsed.
The Million-Dollar SuitcaseAlice MacGowan
swagger
1- (intr) to walk or behave in an arrogant manner
- (intr often foll by about) to brag loudly
- (tr) rare to force, influence, etc, by blustering
- arrogant gait, conduct, or manner
- British informal, rare elegantly fashionable
Word Origin for swagger
swagger
2swaggie (ˈswæɡɪ)
- other names for swagman
Word Origin and History for swaggered
swagger
1590, first recorded in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.). Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725.