Definition of swagger. Meaning of swagger. Synonyms of swagger
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Definition of swagger
Swagger Swagger Swag"ger, n.
A swagman. [Australia]
swagger Swagman Swag"man, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.
Swagger Swagger Swag"ger, v. t.
To bully. [R.] --Swift.
Swagger Swagger Swag"ger, n.
The act or manner of a swaggerer.
He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth
to receive us. --W. Irving.
Swagger Swagger Swag"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
