'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
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- arrogance,
- barge,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- blustering,
- boast,
- boastfulness,
- boasting,
- bombast,
- bounce,
- bowl along,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- braggartism,
- bragging,
- brandish,
- bravado,
- brave show,
- bully,
- bullying,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- clump,
- cock,
- conceit,
- crow,
- cut a swath,
- display,
- drag,
- draw the longbow,
- drifter,
- droop,
- fanfaronade,
- flaunt,
- flounce,
- flourish,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- foot,
- footslog,
- fuss,
- gait,
- gallop,
- gasconade,
- gasconism,
- halt,
- hector,
- hectoring,
- heroics,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hobo,
- hop,
- intimidate,
- intimidation,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jog,
- jolt,
- jump,
- limp,
- lock step,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- ostentation,
- out-herod Herod,
- pace,
- paddle,
- parade,
- peacock,
- peacockery,
- peacockishness,
- peg,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- plod,
- pontificate,
- prance,
- prink,
- puff,
- rack,
- rage,
- rant,
- rave,
- roadster,
- rodomontade,
- roister,
- roll,
- rollick,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shack,
- shamble,
- show,
- show off,
- shuffle,
- side,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slang,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- speak for Buncombe,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- stomp,
- storm,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- strutting,
- stump,
- sundowner,
- swaggering,
- swagman,
- swank,
- swash,
- swashbuckle,
- swashbucklering,
- swashbucklery,
- swashbuckling,
- swell,
- swing,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- traipse,
- traveler,
- tread,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- vanity,
- vapor,
- vaunt,
- vauntery,
- vaunting,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wamble,
- wiggle,
- wobble