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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              A man who swaggers about London clubs.
                                                    --Beaconsfield.
  
     2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
        vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
  
              What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
              To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
                                                    --Colier.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ 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";
              "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood
              than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty,
               lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious]
       2: flamboyantly adventurous [syn: swashbuckling]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  swaggering
     a.
     boastful, proud, self-confident.
     n.
     Boastful, blustering behaviour.
     vb.
     (present participle of en swagger nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  swaggering
     a.
     boastful, proud, self-confident.
     n.
     Boastful, blustering behaviour.
     vb.
     (present participle of en swagger nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  swaggering
     a.
     boastful, proud, self-confident.
     n.
     Boastful, blustering behaviour.
     vb.
     (present participle of en swagger nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  swaggering
     a.
     boastful, proud, self-confident.
     n.
     Boastful, blustering behaviour.
     vb.
     (present participle of en swagger nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  التبختر

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  Angeberei , großspuriges Auftreten

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  schwadronierend
   see: swagger, swaggered, swaggers, swaggered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  stolzierend, großspurig, angeberisch 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  stolzierend, großtund, großspurig auftretend
   see: swagger, swaggered
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  
  λεονταρισμοί

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  swaggering /swˈaɡəɹɪŋ/
  fesztelenül fölényes

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈswæɡɝɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "swaggering":
     aweless, barefaced, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous,
     bold, bold as brass, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced,
     bullying, hectoring, lost to shame, noisy, peacockish, peacocky,
     raging, ranting, raving, roistering, roisterous, rollicking,
     shameless, storming, strutting, swashbucklering, swashbuckling,
     swashing, tumultuous, unabashed, unblushing
  
  

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