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swaggering
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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