swagger
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[edit] Etymology
Frequentative form of swag (“‘to sway’”); attested 1590, A Midsummer Night's Dream III.i.79:[1]
- What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here,
- Puck
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[edit] Noun
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swagger (plural swaggers)
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bold or arrogant strut
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prideful boasting or bragging
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[edit] Verb
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to swagger (third-person singular simple present swaggers, present participle swaggering, simple past and past participle swaggered)
- To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
- To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
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to walk with a swaying motion
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to act in a pompous manner
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to boast or brag noisily
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