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Swagger
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- 1 Fashionable; trendy. archaic, slang
"It is to be a very swagger affair, with notables from every part of Europe, and they seem determined that no one connected with a newspaper shall be admitted."
- 1 (British informal) very chic wordnet
- 1 Confidence, pride. countable, uncountable
"After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage"
- 2 Someone carrying a swag; a swagman. Australia, New-Zealand, historical
"There were now more swaggers passing down Ferry Street and more coming to ask for food […]."
- 3 a proud stiff pompous gait wordnet
- 4 A bold or arrogant strut. countable, uncountable
"He steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk, and would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute."
- 5 an itinerant Australian laborer who carries their personal belongings in a bundle as they travels around in search of work wordnet
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- 6 A prideful boasting or bragging. countable, uncountable
"Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their lives on the shattered dreams of others."
- 1 To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
"What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?"
- 2 act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner wordnet
- 3 To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.
"To be great is not […] to swagger at our footmen."
- 4 discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate wordnet
- 5 To walk with a swaying motion.
"It's the injustice… he is so unjust— whiskey-blind, swaggering home at five."
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- 6 to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others wordnet
Etymology
A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.
A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.
A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.
From swag + -er.
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