Swagger \Swag"ger\, n. The act or manner of a swaggerer.
He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. --W. Irving.
Swagger \Swag"ger\, n. A swagman. [Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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.
Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t. To bully. [R.] --Swift.
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]
When "Scharlie" Schar and another skinhead in green bomber jackets swagger into the social-welfare office here, Marion Praetorius is waiting for them.
As played by a fascinating and forceful actor named Peter Stormare, this Hamlet arrives with a Marlon Brando swagger and a Norman Bates psychosis.
"I'm basically always optimistic," he said. "I feel sure that we can develop appropriate solutions, although it may take a lot of work." The 1990 Audi V8 Quattro is as close to a swagger as the folks at Audi get.
Showing little of the swagger that characterizes his syndicated talk show, Downey dueled a former lawyer for the Federal Communications Commission on Monday on government regulation of broadcasting.
Months after invading dozens of expensive berths at posh Pier 39 Marina, the huge, barking sea lions with bad breath continue to swagger around their self-declared spa on San Francisco Bay.
For many Haga reservists, who never expected a conflict to arise that they would be involved in, the war has put a swagger in their step.
Mr. Burns's sense of humor wouldn't surprise anyone who'd watched his witty jive during the team match, when he put on a pair of shades and a Presleyan swagger.
For years he's played a real-life game of Monopoly with such swagger that it seemed the stakes were play money.