'Swagger' definitions:

Definition of 'swagger'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes" [syn: groovy, swagger]
noun
An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work [syn: swagman, swagger, swaggie]
noun
A proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance, swagger]
verb
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
verb
Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate [syn: browbeat, bully, swagger]
verb
Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [syn: swagger, bluster, swash]

Definition of 'Swagger'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A man who swaggers about London clubs. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully. [1913 Webster]
  • What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar! --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen. --Colier. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Swagger'

From: GCIDE
  • Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t. To bully. [R.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Swagger'

From: GCIDE
  • Swagger \Swag"ger\, n. The act or manner of a swaggerer. [1913 Webster]
  • He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Swagger'

From: GCIDE
  • Swagger \Swag"ger\, n. A swagman. [Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'swagger'

From: GCIDE
  • Swagman \Swag"man\, n. A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree. And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling, `Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing Matilda, an Australian tune.] [PJC]

Synonyms of 'swagger'

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Words containing 'Swagger'