# swagger

Pronunciation: US say "SWAG-er" /ˈswæɡ.ɚ/; UK/AUS say "SWAG-uh" /ˈswæɡ.ə/

## Noun

1. A confident, proud, or arrogant manner, especially in the way someone walks, carries themselves, or performs.
   - Simple: A confident or proud way of walking, behaving, or performing, sometimes seeming too sure of yourself.
   - _The young quarterback brought a swagger to the offense that the team had been missing._
   - _Losing the final drained the swagger out of the squad for the rest of the season._
4. Proud, boastful talk that brags about one's own strength, success or importance.
   - Simple: Proud talk in which someone keeps bragging about themselves.
   - _The candidate's swagger about crushing his rivals played well with the crowd._
   - _His loud swagger about his own talent made the rest of the team roll their eyes._
7. A swagman: someone who carries a swag, the rolled bundle of bedding and belongings. *(Australia, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: A person who carried their bed and belongings rolled up in a bundle.
   - _Every summer the swaggers camped by the river and did odd jobs for the farmers._
   - _Her grandmother always kept a loaf aside in case a swagger came by._

## Verb

2. To conduct oneself with a pompous air of superiority, especially in one's walk or bearing.
   - Simple: To walk or act in a proud way, as if you are better than others.
   - _The new manager swaggered through the office, ignoring anyone below him._
   - _Officials who swagger about the capital rarely know what voters back home think._
3. To walk with a rolling, swaying motion.
   - Simple: To walk while your body rocks from side to side.
   - _The old fisherman swaggered along the pier with the rolling walk of a lifelong sailor._
   - _Heavy black bears swagger from side to side as they lumber across the mountain road._
5. To boast or brag noisily, or to bluster and bully others.
   - Simple: To brag loudly, or to push people around with big talk.
   - _At the bar he swaggered loudly about the fortune he was sure to make._
   - _The landlord would swagger and bluster at the tenants, threatening to throw them out if they complained._

## Adjective

6. Fashionable and stylish in the latest way. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Stylish and in fashion.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–6** — The first record is in A Midsummer Night's Dream, written about 1595. The word is a frequentative form built on swag, "to sway."
**Meaning 7** — Formed from swag + -er.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/swagger (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).