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swag·ger (swag′ər)
intransitive verb
- to walk with a bold, arrogant, or lordly stride; strut
- to boast, brag, or show off in a loud, superior manner
Etymology: prob. < Norw dial. svagra, to sway in walking, freq. of svagga, to sway < IE base *swek-, to bend, turn
transitive verb
noun
Related Forms:
- swaggerer swag′·gerer noun
- swaggeringly swag′·ger·ingly adverb
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swagger
v.
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Object
- arrogance: Like every Manc band worth their salt they also have their full quota of swaggering arrogance.
Converse of object
- have: They have a swagger, not too cocky, it's not a chip on the shoulder attitude thing, they just know.
Preposition: around
- stage: Apartment are more sure of themselves, swaggering confidently around stage.
Adjective modifier
- cocky: Is it even really the same band that hijacked Britpop with a cocky Mancunian swagger ten years ago?
Modifies a noun
- stick: Perhaps I am overlooking the swagger stick, which " accessory " was a debatable item of uniform for various services at various periods.
Modifying Another Word
- back: Ten minutes later, he swaggered back into the study with the panache of the overlord in a classical samurai film.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: I love that even tho Johnny Borrell swaggers around like an autistic bouncer, his lyrics express a sensitivity at odds with his bravado.
Noun used with modifier
- hip-swinging: Imagine Jarvis Cocker writing lyrics for Paul McCartney or putting dry observational wit in to Franz Ferdinand's hip-swinging swagger to make punk-funk fun.
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