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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/ ˈæɡə /
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/ ˈæɡə; ˈswæɡɪ /
noun
- other names for swagman
Derived Forms
- ˈɲԲ, adjective
- ˈɲ, noun
- ˈɲԲly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲg· noun
- dzܳȴɲg verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swagger1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
What I really like is that he has got that sort of swagger about him, and that attitude where he knows he is good, which you need at the bigger clubs.
This year’s crop of artists bring us a mix of vintage soul, pulsating EDM, Aussie punk swagger, Irish hip-hop and everything in between.
Once the blackout fog clears and the shame descends, Saxon allows some rare moments of vulnerability to penetrate his swaggering façade.
Out on patrol with Dina, for whom she has feelings that are clearly more than friendship, she behaves with a reckless swagger that youth and her still-hidden immunity only partly explain.
"The swagger is back," gushed Guy Mowbray in his Match of the Day commentary.
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