Definitions for swagger
ˈswæg ərswag·ger

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swagman, swagger, swaggienoun

   an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

2. strut, prance, swaggeradjective

   a proud stiff pompous gait

3. groovy, swaggerverb

   (British informal) very chic

   "groovy clothes"

4. tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cockverb

   to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

   "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

5. browbeat, bully, swaggerverb

   discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

6. swagger, bluster, swashverb

   act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swaggernoun

   A bold, or arrogant strut.

2. swaggernoun

   A prideful boasting or bragging.

3. swaggernoun

   confidence, pride

4. swaggerverb

   To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

5. swaggerverb

   To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SWAGGERverb

   To bluster; to bully; to be turbulently and tumultuously proud and insolent.

   Etymology: swadderen, Dutch, to make a noise; swegan , Saxon.

   Drunk? squabble? swagger? and discourse sustian with one’s own shadow? Oh thou invincible spirit of wine! William Shakespeare.

   ’Tis the gage of one that I should fight withal, if he be alive; a rascal that swagger’d with me last night. William Shakespeare.

   Oft a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twang’d off, gives manhood more approbation than proof itself. William Shakespeare.

   The lesser size of mortals love to swagger for opinions, and to boast infallibility of knowledge. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   Many such asses in the world huff, look big, stare, dress, cock, and swagger at the same noisy rate. Roger L'Estrange.

   He chuck’d,
   And scarcely deign’d to set a foot to ground,
   But swagger’d like a lord. Dryden.

   Confidence, how weakly soever founded, hath some effect upon the ignorant, who think there is something more than ordinary in a swaggering man that talks of nothing but demonstration. John Tillotson.

   To be great, is not to be starched, and formal, and supercilious; to swagger at our footmen, and browbeat our inferiors. Jeremy Collier, on Pride.

   What a pleasure is it to be victorious in a cause? to swagger at the bar? for a lawyer I was born, and a lawyer I will be. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

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1. Swagger

   A swagger or swagga is a swaggering gait.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swaggerverb

   to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner

2. Swaggerverb

   to boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully

3. Swaggerverb

   to bully

4. Swaggernoun

   the act or manner of a swaggerer

5. Etymology: [Freq. of swag.]

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1. Swagger

   Swagger is the first album by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly, mixed by Steve Albini. It was released in 2000.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swagger

   swag′ėr, v.i. to swing the body in a blustering defiant way: to brag noisily, to bully.—n. boastfulness: insolence of manner.—adj. (slang) very fashionable.—n. Swagg′erer.—adj. and n. Swagg′ering.—adv. Swagg′eringly. [A freq. of swag=sway.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swaggernoun

   a confident, arrogant attitude

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SWAGGER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Swagger is ranked #65066 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Swagger surname appeared 305 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Swagger.
   
   90.1% or 275 total occurrences were White.
   4.2% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Itinerant
   • Wheedle

Anagrams for swagger »

1. waggers

How to pronounce swagger?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swagger in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swagger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of swagger in a Sentence

1. A. M. Rosenthal:

   If you don't have a sensation of apprehension when you set out to find a story and a swagger when you sit down to write it, you are in the wrong business.

2. Sarah Woloski:

   But if Alden has the right swagger and attitude to pull that off, that's more important than being a Harrison Ford look-alike.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   I talked about getting back our swagger, and I'll fill in what I mean by that, but it's important. The United States diplomatic corps needs to be in every corner, every stretch of the world, executing missions on behalf of this country and it is my humble, noble undertaking to achieve that.

4. Weston McKennie:

   He brings a lot of swagger to the team.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   They may have been demoralized, but they seemed in good spirits, they are hopeful that State Department will get State Department swagger back, that we will be out doing the things that they came onboard at State Department to do : to be professional, to deliver diplomacy, American diplomacy around the world.

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