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swaggered

  • past participle
    of swagger.
    swagger
    verb (used without object)
    to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
  • past tense form
    of swagger.
    swagger
    verb (used without object)
    to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.

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Root stationed eight fielders on the boundary at one point - but it did not deter Razaullah as he brashly swaggered at the crease with the arrogance of youth.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Then he put his hands in his pockets and swaggered around the stage.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

As the 80-year-old Jagger swaggered onstage, he told the attendees that the band would “play some old, and we’re gonna play some new.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

Athapaththu, by far Sri Lanka's most experienced player having played in their first ever T20 in 2009, took 3-21 in England's collapse and swaggered to the crease with a purpose to begin their chase.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023

Redtooth swaggered back and forth on the churchyard paving as he recited the formula from memory.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques