Swagger /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering

1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

   A man who swaggers about London clubs.

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!

   To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.

1. To bully. [R.]

1. The act or manner of a swaggerer.

   He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us.

1. A swagman. [Australia]