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- [swag-er]
- /ˈswæg ər/
- /ˈswæɡ.ər/
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- [swag-er]
- /ˈswæg ər/
Definitions of swagger word
- verb without object swagger to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air. 1
- verb without object swagger to boast or brag noisily. 1
- verb with object swagger to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering. 1
- noun swagger swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit. 1
- noun swagger self-important walk 1
- intransitive verb swagger walk self-importantly 1
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Origin of swagger
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; swag1 + -er6
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Parts of speech for Swagger
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swagger popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swagger
noun swagger
- arrogance — the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
- bag of wind — windbag.
- big-timer — Informal. the highest or most important level in any profession or occupation: She's a talented violinist, but she's not ready for the big time.
- blower — The blower is the telephone.
- braggart — a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
verb swagger
- blow smoke — (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- bluster — If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
Antonyms for swagger
verb swagger
- creep — When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
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