English
Noun
Swagger (plural Swaggers)
- A bold, or arrogant strut.
- A prideful boasting or bragging.
Verb
Swagger (third-person singular simple present Swaggers, present participle Swaggering, simple past and past participle Swaggered)
- To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
- To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
Derived terms
Adjectives for Swagger
lordly; Indolent; imposing; consequential;
new; boxy; outstanding; shallow; jaunty;
loose; brusque; impudent.
Thesaurus
amble, arrogance, barge, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bounce, bowl along, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, brandish, bravado, brave show, bully, bullying, bundle, bustle, clump, cock, conceit, crow, cut a swath, display, drag, draw the longbow, drifter, droop, fanfaronade, flaunt, flounce, flourish, flurry, fluster, foot, footslog, fuss, gait, gallop, gasconade, gasconism, halt, hector, hectoring, heroics, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hobo, hop, intimidate, intimidation, jactation, jactitation, jog, jolt, jump, limp, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, ostentation, out-herod Herod, pace, paddle, parade, peacock, peacockery, peacockishness, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, pontificate, prance, prink, puff, rack, rage, rant, rave, roadster, rodomontade, roister, roll, rollick, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shack, shamble, show, show off, shuffle, side, sidle, single-foot, skip, slang, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, speak for Buncombe, splutter, sputter, stagger, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, storm, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, strutting, stump, sundowner, swaggering, swagman, swank, swash, swashbuckle, swashbucklering, swashbucklery, swashbuckling, swell, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, traveler, tread, trip, trot, trudge, vanity, vapor, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble
Etymology
Frequentative form of swag (“to sway”); attested 1590, A Midsummer Night's Dream III.i.79:[1]
- What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here,
- Puck
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈswæɡ.ə/
- (US) IPA: /ˈswæɡ.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -æɡə(r)
Translations
Noun
prideful boasting or bragging
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Translations to be checked
Verb
to walk with a swaying motion
to act in a pompous manner
References
- ↑ “Swagger” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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