swagger

WOTD - 29 September 2009    

English

Etymology

Frequentative form of swag (“to sway”); attested 1590, A Midsummer Night's Dream III.i.79:

What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here,

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈswæɡ.ə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈswæɡ.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -æɡə(r)

Noun

swagger (plural swaggers)

1. A bold, or arrogant strut.
2. A prideful boasting or bragging.

Translations

bold or arrogant strut

Finnish: rehvastelija (fi), rehentelijä (fi)

prideful boasting or bragging

Finnish: rehvastelu, rehentely

Portuguese: bravata (pt)

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French: air fanfaron m.

Kurdish: خۆبادان (ku) (xo badan)

Verb

swagger (third-person singular simple present swaggers, present participle swaggering, simple past and past participle swaggered)

1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

Derived terms

• swaggerer
• swaggeringly

Translations

to walk with a swaying motion

Finnish: keinahdella

to act in a pompous manner

Finnish: rehvastella, ylvästellä, herrastella (fi)

to boast or brag noisily

Finnish: rehennellä, rehvastella

Anagrams

• waggers