What does SWAGGER mean?
Definitions for SWAGGER
ˈswæg ərswag·ger
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SWAGGER.
Princeton's WordNet
swagman, swagger, swaggienoun
an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
strut, prance, swaggeradjective
a proud stiff pompous gait
groovy, swaggerverb
(British informal) very chic
"groovy clothes"
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"
browbeat, bully, swaggerverb
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
swagger, bluster, swashverb
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Wiktionary
swaggernoun
A bold, or arrogant strut.
swaggernoun
A prideful boasting or bragging.
swaggernoun
confidence, pride
swaggerverb
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
swaggerverb
To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
Wikipedia
Swagger
A swagger or swagga is a swaggering gait.
ChatGPT
swagger
Swagger is a confident or boastful manner or style, often expressed through one's appearance, behavior, or way of speaking. It can also refer to ostentatiously displaying skills, accomplishments, or possessions. In the digital tech field, Swagger is commonly referred to as an open-source software framework which helps developers design, build, document, and use RESTful web services.
Webster Dictionary
Swaggerverb
to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner
Swaggerverb
to boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully
Swaggerverb
to bully
Swaggernoun
the act or manner of a swaggerer
Etymology: [Freq. of swag.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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 Dictionary
swaggernoun
a confident, arrogant attitude
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
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Anagrams for SWAGGER »
waggers
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SWAGGER in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SWAGGER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of SWAGGER in a Sentence
He brings a lot of swagger to the team.
The stocks are struggling to maintain their swagger and said there is also the seasonality overhang as we go into summer when complacency sets in.
When a mayor has swagger, New York City has swagger, we've allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in Covid -- New York City's all we did -- and we no longer believe this is a city of swagger, this is a city of resiliency. ... We're going to survive.
People know Donald Trump and they're used to seeing that kind of attitude and swagger with Donald Trump, bill Gates's been playing on Bill Gates wealth for a long time.
But if Alden has the right swagger and attitude to pull that off, that's more important than being a Harrison Ford look-alike.
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- اختيالArabic
- StolzierenGerman
- rehvastelija, rehentely, keinahdella, rehennellä, rehvastelu, rehentelijä, herrastella, ylvästellä, rehvastellaFinnish
- hâblerie, fanfaronnade, vantardise, gasconnade, pavaner, plastronnadeFrench
- altivez, soberbia, arrogancia, petulancia, altiveza, fachendaGalician
- अकड़Hindi
- boria, spavalderia, millantarsi, pavoneggiarsi, gloriarsiItalian
- 멋진Korean
- swaggerLatin
- whakatāmaramaraMāori
- wywyższać sięPolish
- marra, bravataPortuguese
- gasconadă, făli, fanfaronadă, lăudăroșenieRomanian
- важничать, развязностьRussian
- swaggerSwedish
- 昂首阔步Chinese
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