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swaggering   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 -gәrIŋ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 -ɡәriŋ 〕


Overview of verb swagger

The verb swagger has 3 senses


  • tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock -- (to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house")

  • browbeat, bully, swagger -- (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

  • swagger, bluster, swash -- (act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner)


Overview of adj swaggering

The adj swaggering has 2 senses


  • disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering -- (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer)

  • swaggering, swashbuckling -- (flamboyantly adventurous)