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   swagger

   /ˈswaɡə/

   verb

   • 1. walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way: "he swaggered along the corridor" Similar strutparadestriderollprancewalk confidentlywalk arrogantlyinformal:sashayarchaic:swashboastbragbrayblustercrowgloatparadestrutpostureposeblow one's own trumpetlord itinformal:show offswankplay to the galleryliterary:rodomontade

   noun

   • 1. a very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner: "they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger" Similar strutparadingrollprancingconfidencearroganceself-assuranceshowostentationboastingbraggingblusterbumptiousnessbrashnessswashbucklingvainglorypufferyinformal:showing offswankliterary:braggadociorodomontadegasconade

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.
   • 2. smart or fashionable: informal, dated British "I'll take you somewhere swagger"

   Word Origin early 16th century: apparently a frequentative of the verb swag.

   Derivatives

   • 1. swaggerer noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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