# swaggering

Pronunciation: say "SWAG-uh-ring" /ˈswæɡ.əɹ.ɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Proud and boastful, with a bold, showy self-confidence.
   - Simple: Proud and very sure of yourself, in a showing-off way.
   - _The film's swaggering hero walks into every fight convinced he can't lose._
   - _Behind his swaggering manner was a man terrified of failing in public._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of swagger. — present participle and gerund of swagger
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of swagger. Use it after is or was, or to talk about the action itself.
   - _The sailors were swaggering down the dock with the rolling walk of men long at sea._
   - _After the win, the coach was swaggering in front of the cameras, bragging that no team could touch them._

## Noun

3. Boastful and blustering behavior, full of loud bragging and showing off.
   - Simple: Loud, proud talk and actions by someone who is showing off.
   - _For all the swaggering on the campaign trail, the candidate lost by a wide margin._
   - _Her grandfather's swaggerings about his youth grew grander every Thanksgiving._

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