swagger
verb
[ ˈswaɡə ]
• walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.
• "he swaggered along the corridor"
Similar:
strut,
parade,
stride,
roll,
prance,
walk confidently,
walk arrogantly,
sashay,
swash,
boast,
brag,
bray,
bluster,
crow,
gloat,
posture,
pose,
blow one's own trumpet,
lord it,
show off,
swank,
play to the gallery,
rodomontade,
swagger
noun
• a very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner.
• "they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger"
Similar:
strut,
parading,
roll,
prancing,
confidence,
arrogance,
self-assurance,
show,
ostentation,
boasting,
bragging,
bluster,
bumptiousness,
brashness,
swashbuckling,
vainglory,
puffery,
showing off,
swank,
braggadocio,
rodomontade,
gasconade,
swagger
adjective
• denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.
• smart or fashionable.
• "I'll take you somewhere swagger"
Origin:
early 16th century: apparently a frequentative of the verb swag.
