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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
Leather iPhone cases are sleek and fashion-forwardLeather iPhone cases are a great way to give your phone a sophisticated swagger with increased functionality.
Her husband, Adan, a professional thief, is a “giant” of a man, all swagger.
The ability to make outlandish claims about money, controlling the crowd and ones swagger is made even more incredible when done over dope production.
Unable to use facial expressions, he said he carefully considered his walk and swagger.
Shaver wrote with brutal honesty, a surgeon’s precision and the swagger of the greatest saloon poets of the 20th century.
He has given that profession a swagger that, let's face it, few other professions have.
The third continued in kind with “selfie,” “swagger,” and “twerk.”
And the show desperately needed the likes of Parker to throw Red off his game, to put a stop to his swagger.
The co-owner of Metropolis Collectables, Vincent has Wolverine mutton chops, a Tony Stark goatee, and Lex Luthor swagger.
The Hoboken swagger had been replaced by a Wall Street stride.
And Aristide passed by with a swagger, his head high and the end of his pointed beard sticking joyously up in the air.
Westmacott moved a step or two forward, a swagger unmistakable in his gait, his nether-lip thrust out in a sneer.
He was a swagger dresser and more marked than many because he was strikingly handsome.
We heard the bar drop from the end cabin; then Dale came into view, walking with a swagger toward the concealed savages.
Look at the swagger of the vagabond who commands his braves, would you not think he was about to hew down everything in sight?
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