swagger
Use Swagger in a sentence
ər verb (used without object)
1.
to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
2.
to boast or brag noisily.
verb (used with object)
3.
to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
noun
4.
swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.
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swagger1 (ˈswæɡə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by about) | |
| 1. | (intr) to walk or behave in an arrogant manner |
| 2. | to brag loudly |
| 3. | rare (tr) to force, influence, etc, by blustering |
| —n | |
| 4. | arrogant gait, conduct, or manner |
| —adj | |
| 5. | informal, rare (Brit) elegantly fashionable |
| [C16: probably from | |
| 'swaggerer1 | |
| —n | |
| 'swaggering1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'swaggeringly1 | |
| —adv | |
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| swagger or swaggie2 (ˈswæɡə, ˈswæɡɪ) | |
| —n | |
| other names for swagman | |
| swaggie or swaggie2 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
swagger
1590, first recorded in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," III.i.79), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.). The noun is attested from 1725.
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Example sentences
For all their swagger, it seems that their success depended as much on their co-workers as their innate talents.
Behind the swagger lurks the coward who built that bunker.
Jay-Z, rap's long-reigning king, has a new album and the old swagger.
It's the side of him that loves the limelight and accounts for the swagger that creeps into his conversation.
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