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swaggered |
1 definition found 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.
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