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swaggered; swaggering ˈswa-g(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
especially : to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence
: to force by argument or threat : bully
plural swaggers
1
a
: an arrogantly self-confident way of walking : an act or instance of swaggering
b
: arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior
c
: ostentatious display or bravado
Example Sentences
Verb He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. 
Carl Hiaasen, New York Times Book Review, 22 Feb. 2009 So it is a fight rather than an argument, really—a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. Cynthia Ozick, Harper's, April 2007 Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, 1915 I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament. hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room Noun He limps with a noticeable swagger, flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. Matt Diehl, Spin, September 2008 He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. Matthew Klam, Harper's, February 1999 What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, 1876 He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates. See More
Carl Hiaasen, New York Times Book Review, 22 Feb. 2009 So it is a fight rather than an argument, really—a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. Cynthia Ozick, Harper's, April 2007 Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, 1915 I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament. hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room Noun He limps with a noticeable swagger, flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. Matt Diehl, Spin, September 2008 He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. Matthew Klam, Harper's, February 1999 What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, 1876 He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates. See More Recent Examples on the Web Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program’s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2022 One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2022 One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021 Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2020 Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2022 With Wolfe-ian scope and Franzen-y swagger, De Silva’s second novel aspires to be an epic commentary on 21st century life. Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 Some dogs arrive for snake training with a swagger, like a pit-bull mix named Newton who was Mr. Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Has there ever been a college team anywhere that will enter a season with more unearned swagger? Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022 Pardi sang it with swagger, but also injected his own subtle brand of chaos, singing loosely against the harmonies in a way that hints at the inexact mindset of a closing-time patron. Tom Roland, Billboard, 19 July 2022 As such, the Second Symphony, completed in 1875 and premiered in 1877, is crackling with heroic swagger and brimming with virile rhythmic gusto. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 Dreyfus, Pompette, and Giulietta also topped that list as neighborhood spots with a culinary swagger. Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 1 June 2022 His Mickey is pleasantly mumbly, with a hangdog mien that’s often crosscut with a don’t-underestimate-me swagger. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022 See More
Verb
The Western bird is famous for a mating dance in which males puff out their chests and swagger around breeding grounds called leks. Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program’s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2022 One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2022 One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021 Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2020 Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Noun
But if Graham can put so much swagger behind such a rancid policy, Democrats should feel similarly emboldened to walk with confidence behind their own set of much more popular ideas. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2022 With Wolfe-ian scope and Franzen-y swagger, De Silva’s second novel aspires to be an epic commentary on 21st century life. Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 Some dogs arrive for snake training with a swagger, like a pit-bull mix named Newton who was Mr. Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Has there ever been a college team anywhere that will enter a season with more unearned swagger? Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022 Pardi sang it with swagger, but also injected his own subtle brand of chaos, singing loosely against the harmonies in a way that hints at the inexact mindset of a closing-time patron. Tom Roland, Billboard, 19 July 2022 As such, the Second Symphony, completed in 1875 and premiered in 1877, is crackling with heroic swagger and brimming with virile rhythmic gusto. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 Dreyfus, Pompette, and Giulietta also topped that list as neighborhood spots with a culinary swagger. Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 1 June 2022 His Mickey is pleasantly mumbly, with a hangdog mien that’s often crosscut with a don’t-underestimate-me swagger. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun
1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1879, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of swagger was circa 1596 Phrases Containing swagger
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