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swagger
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Swagger
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
A swagman. [Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
swagger
(gcide) | Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
[PJC] |
Swagger
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
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A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
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2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
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What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
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To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
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Swagger
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t.
To bully. [R.] --Swift.
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Swagger
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
The act or manner of a swaggerer.
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He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth
to receive us. --W. Irving.
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swagger
(wn) | swagger
adj 1: (British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes" [syn:
groovy, swagger]
n 1: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal
belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of
work [syn: swagman, swagger, swaggie]
2: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance,
swagger]
v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance,
strut, sashay, cock]
2: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;
intimidate [syn: browbeat, bully, swagger]
3: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
[syn: swagger, bluster, swash] |
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swagger stick
(encz) | swagger stick, n: |
swaggerer
(encz) | swaggerer, n: |
swaggering
(encz) | swaggering, adj: |
Belswagger
(gcide) | Belswagger \Bel"swag`ger\, n. [Contr. from bellyswagger.]
A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Swagger
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
A swagman. [Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
[PJC]Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
[1913 Webster]
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
[1913 Webster]
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
[1913 Webster]Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t.
To bully. [R.] --Swift.
[1913 Webster]Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
The act or manner of a swaggerer.
[1913 Webster]
He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth
to receive us. --W. Irving.
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Swagger
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
A swagman. [Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
[PJC]Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
[1913 Webster]
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
[1913 Webster]
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
[1913 Webster]Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t.
To bully. [R.] --Swift.
[1913 Webster]Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
The act or manner of a swaggerer.
[1913 Webster]
He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth
to receive us. --W. Irving.
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Swaggered
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
[1913 Webster]
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
[1913 Webster]
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
[1913 Webster] |
Swaggerer
(gcide) | Swaggerer \Swag"ger*er\, n.
One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy
fellow. --Shak.
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Swaggering
(gcide) | Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
[1913 Webster]
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
[1913 Webster]
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
[1913 Webster] |
swagger stick
(wn) | swagger stick
n 1: a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by
army officers |
swaggerer
(wn) | swaggerer
n 1: someone who walks in an arrogant manner |
swaggering
(wn) | swaggering
adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social
disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners
were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very
sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my
clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood
than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty,
imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
2: flamboyantly adventurous [syn: swaggering, swashbuckling] |
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