SWAGGER (swagger)
Dictionary entry overview: What does swagger mean?
• SWAGGER (noun)
The noun SWAGGER has 2 senses:
1. an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
2. a proud stiff pompous gait
Familiarity information: SWAGGER used as a noun is rare.
• SWAGGER (adjective)
The adjective SWAGGER has 1 sense:
1. (British informal) very chic
Familiarity information: SWAGGER used as an adjective is very rare.
• SWAGGER (verb)
The verb SWAGGER has 3 senses:
1. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
2. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
3. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Familiarity information: SWAGGER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SWAGGER (noun)
Meaning:
An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
swagman; swaggie; swagger
Hypernyms ("swagger" is a kind of...):
gipsy; gypsy; itinerant (a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
Meaning:
A proud stiff pompous gait
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
prance; strut; swagger
Hypernyms ("swagger" is a kind of...):
gait (a person's manner of walking)
• SWAGGER (adjective)
Meaning:
(British informal) very chic
Synonyms:
swagger; groovy
Context example:
groovy clothes
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
• SWAGGER (verb)
Meaning:
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
tittup; swagger; strut; prance; sashay; ruffle; cock
Context example:
He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Hypernyms (to "swagger" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children swagger to the playground
Meaning:
Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
swagger; bully; browbeat
Hypernyms (to "swagger" is one way to...):
blarney; cajole; coax; inveigle; palaver; sweet-talk; wheedle (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Meaning:
Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
bluster; swagger; swash
Hypernyms (to "swagger" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
