swagger
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swagger¹
- /ˈswæɡ.ə/ UK
- /ˈswæɡ.ɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.
verb swaggers · swaggering · swaggered
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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?
Similar: flaunt, preen, swank, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flex
- To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully. To be great is not […] to swagger at our footmen.
- To walk with a swaying motion. It's the injustice… he is so unjust— whiskey-blind, swaggering home at five.
noun swaggers
- Confidence, pride. 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
- A bold or arrogant strut. 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.
- A prideful boasting or bragging. 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.
adjective more swagger · most swagger
- Fashionable; trendy. 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.
swagger²
- /ˈswæɡ.ə/ UK
- /ˈswæɡ.ɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)
noun swaggers
- Someone carrying a swag; a swagman. There were now more swaggers passing down Ferry Street and more coming to ask for food […].
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: strut, bluster, stylish, fashionable, browbeat, bully, groovy, sashay, ruffle, prance, swash, cock, boast, arrogance, approach, twinkle
Translations
Every language
verb to act in a pompous manner
| Español | pavonear |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | इतराना itrānā |
| Français | se pavaner, plastronner, rouler des mécaniques, se donner des airs |
| Deutsch | großtun, sich wichtigmachen, wichtigtun |
| Italiano | pavoneggiarsi, gloriarsi, millantarsi |
| Русский | ва́жничать vážničatʹ |
verb to boast or brag noisily
| Español | fanfarronear |
|---|---|
| Français | se vanter, fanfaronner, se la péter, péter plus haut que son cul, faire le beau |
| Deutsch | angeben, prahlen, aufschneiden |
| Русский | хва́статься xvástatʹsja |
verb to walk with a swaying motion
| Français | rouler des épaules |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | stolzieren, gockeln |
| Italiano | pavoneggiarsi |
| Русский | ходи́ть вразва́лку xodítʹ vrazválku |
noun confidence, pride
| Français | fierté |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Selbstbewusstsein, Stolz |
| Русский | самоуве́ренность samouvérennostʹ, уве́ренность в себе́ uvérennostʹ v sebé |
| Tiếng Việt | sự tự tin, sự tự hào |
noun bold or arrogant strut
| Español | pavoneo |
|---|---|
| Português | marra |
| Français | prétentieux, rouleur de mécaniques, outrecuidant |
| Deutsch | Stolzieren |
| Italiano | boria, spavalderia |
| Русский | самоуве́ренная похо́дка samouvérennaja poxódka, самодово́льная похо́дка samodovólʹnaja poxódka |
noun prideful boasting or bragging
| Español | fanfarroneo |
|---|---|
| Português | bravata |
| Français | hâblerie, fanfaronnade, plastronnade, gasconnade, vantardise |
| Deutsch | Angeberei, Prahlerei, Großtuerei |
| Română | fanfaronadă, lăudăroșenie, gasconadă |
| Русский | хвастовство́ xvastovstvó |
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