Lexic.us

Definition of Swagger

1. Adjective. (British informal) very chic. "Groovy clothes"

2. Verb. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. "The children swagger to the playground"; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

3. Noun. An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work.

4. Verb. Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. "They want to swagger the prisoners "

5. Noun. A proud stiff pompous gait.

6. Verb. Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.

Definition of Swagger

1. v. i. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

2. v. t. To bully.

3. n. The act or manner of a swaggerer.

4. n. A swagman.

Definition of Swagger

1. Noun. A bold, or arrogant strut. ¹

2. Noun. A prideful boasting or bragging. ¹

3. Noun. confidence, pride ¹

4. Verb. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. ¹

5. Verb. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swagger

1. to walk with a pompous air [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swagger

swaddlings swaddy swads swadust mushroom swag swagbellied swagbellies swagbelly swage swage block

swaged swager swagers swages swagged swagger (current term) swagger portrait swagger portraits swagger stick swaggered

swaggerer swaggerers swaggering swaggeringly swaggers swaggery swaggie swaggies swagging swaggy

Literary usage of Swagger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger ? Ep. fr. Esopus. He reeled his wonted bottle-swagger, ... Some swagger hame, the best they dow, Tie Holy Fair. го. ..."

2. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"A swagger, a brawl, and a reconciliation. THE Blackfeet warriors, when they effected their midnight retreat from their wild fastness in Pierre's Hole, ..."

3. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"A swagger, a brawl, and a reconciliation. THE Blackfeet warriors, when they effected their midnight retreat from their wild fastness in Pierre's Hole, ..."

4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Carouse—A swagger, a Brawl, and a Reconciliation. THE Blackfeet warriors, when they effected their midnight retreat from their wild fastness in Pierre's ..."

5. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines by Junius Henri Browne (1865)
"Pleasant Discovery.—Enthusiasm on Board the Flotilla. —Abortive Defenses of the Enemy.—Evidences of Excessive Orthodoxy.— Superstition and swagger. ..."

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