swagger

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Then the young fellow swells himself out; his swagger is all the more portentous because it is exercised on nothings.

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  1. intransitive verb To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut.
  2. intransitive verb To brag; boast.
  3. transitive verb To browbeat or bully (someone).
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  • We get to see a side of Kara Thrace in this episode that's usually veiled by her ace pilot-swagger, as she spills intimate details about her deadbeat pianist father. —  Paste Magazine
  • Kara says good swagger, which is weird cause Jesse actually seems a bit prim and proper, nervous and a big smiler.
  • It has the swagger, the ambition and there were so many reasons why they shouldn't have experimented with their sound, but they did and it's mesmerizing. —  FILTER
  • It may have been the first time anyone has had the swagger -- or the stupidity -- to state a desire to drop the mitts with the 6-foot-8 Chara, a mountain among men. —  SLAM! Sports
  • It's almost as if a swagger, which is a big component of this particular book, is something that is presented as an almost alternative form of swagger. —  Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Probably frequentative of swag.

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  1. Freq. of swag.
  2. from swagger, v.
  3. from swag + -er.
 

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/ˈswægər/
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