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swag⋅ger

  [swag-er]
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–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.
Origin:
1580–90; swag 1 + -er 6

Related forms:
swag⋅ger⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See strut 1 .
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swag·ger   (swāg'ər)   
v.   swag·gered, swag·ger·ing, swag·gers

v.   intr.

  1. To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut.

  2. To brag; boast.

v.   tr.
To browbeat or bully (someone).
n.  

  1. A swaggering movement or gait.

  2. Boastful or conceited expression; braggadocio.


[Probably frequentative of swag.]
swag'ger·er n., swag'ger·ing·ly adv.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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