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verb

Swagger v. t. To bully. (R.)

Swagger v. i. (past & past part. swaggered; pres. part. swaggering)

To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. "A man who swaggers about London clubs."

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!" "To be great is not... to swagger at our footmen."

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Etymology of 'Swaggering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Swaggering" Quotes from Famous Books

... self-importance. There was no one to whom he wasn't polite, but there had never been any one of whom he was afraid. "Hello, Mr. Masterman!" "Hello, Dr. Hilary!" "Hello, Father Ryan!" "Hello Dr. Sim!" had been his form of greeting ever since he had begun swaggering around the village, with head up and face alert, at the age of five. No one had ever been found to resent this cheerful familiarity, ...

— The Side Of The Angels - A Novel • Basil King

... has been placed in my hands by some western clients of ours," he said by way of swaggering explanation, "of an embezzler who is hiding in New York. It required no great reasoning power to decide that the man's trail would sooner or later cross Wall Street. I believe it has done so—not directly, but indirectly. The trail, I think, ...

— Constance Dunlap • Arthur B. Reeve

... Suburbs?" said he, giving the constable a look of blighting scorn; and, swaggering by like a mighty conqueror, joined Cleek at the compartment door. "Nailed it at the second rap, guv'ner," he said in an undertone. "Fell down on Gamage's, picked myself up on Loader, Tottenham Court Road; 14127 A, manufactured Stockholm. Valve tightened—old ...

— Cleek, the Master Detective • Thomas W. Hanshew

... long period while the outlaws were swaggering down Tombstone's streets, defying the leaders of the law-and-order movement, the two-gun man managed to cling to the good graces of the Earp faction; just as in these days you may have seen a crooked ward-heeler hanging to the skirts of a good-government crusade. ...

— When the West Was Young • Frederick R. Bechdolt

... intoxicating to Quin than all the more tangible ones he had ever received. It sent him swaggering through the next few months with his head in the air and his heart on fire. Nothing could stop him now, he told himself boastfully. Old Bangs was showing him signal favor, Madam Bartlett was his staunch friend, Mr. Ranny and the aunties were his allies, and even if Miss Nell didn't care ...

— Quin • Alice Hegan Rice

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