swaggering
adjective
Origin of swaggering
swagger
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of swagger
Synonyms for swagger
Related Words for swaggering
sashay, strut, prance, gloat, bluster, saunter, swank, bully, boast, cock, swell, pontificate, grandstand, sweep, brandish, hector, brag, flourish, lord, swayExamples from the Web for swaggering
Contemporary Examples of swaggering
Amir moves from a swaggering hotshot who seems to know it all to a broken man now questioning everything.
Prisons are notoriously tightlipped when it comes to negative publicity, and officials often act with a swaggering confidence.
Jordan was great at playing the swaggering hero on the TV series Friday Night Lights, and can do it again.
First, because by swaggering, “we will fix it—we will move on,” Dimon has claimed dominance over global markets.
The show became a national sensation, with Downey front and center as the swaggering mouthpiece for working-class outrage.
Historical Examples of swaggering
There is no necessity for this swaggering self-consciousness of freedom.
American NotesRudyard Kipling
"A man's a man when he's got a weapon like that," he would say with a swaggering air.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
They told the old tales of the bivouac; they sang its naughty or swaggering songs.
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
On the contrary, I look upon you as a swaggering bully and a hoary villain.
The Frozen PirateW. Clark Russell
“Swaggering old beggar,” he must have overheard a young sub.
All Roads Lead to CalvaryJerome K. Jerome