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Definition of Swaggering
1. Adjective. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. "A more swaggering mood than usual"
Similar to: Proud
Derivative terms: Disdainfulness, Haughtiness, Imperiousness, Lordliness, Overbearingness, Superciliousness
2. Adjective. Flamboyantly adventurous.
Definition of Swaggering
1. Verb. (present participle of swagger) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swaggering
1. swagger [v] - See also: swagger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swaggering
Literary usage of Swaggering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"One who makes a furious noise with sword and buckler, to appal antagonists ; a
bravo, or swaggering ruffian. Their men are тегу ruffians and ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot, Swaggering. ... RI The first of
my loves was a swaggering blade, . Ib. S. II. Swain. ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Nor is there any considerable humor in the way in which Falstaff plays upon the
name of his swaggering agent : " No more, Pistol ; I would not have you go ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... and swaggering billies. QUEASY, adj. (old : now recognised).—Qualmish ; squeamish.
... swaggering ..."
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