Swagger

//ˈswæɡ.ɚ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (British informal) very chic wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    a proud stiff pompous gait wordnet
  4. 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. 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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  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner wordnet
  3. 3
    To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.

    "To be great is not […] to swagger at our footmen."

  4. 4
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.

Etymology 2

A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.

Etymology 3

A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.

Etymology 4

From swag + -er.

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