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swaggering

[ swag-er-ing ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.


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Other Word Forms

  • ɲg·Բ· adverb
  • ܲ·ɲg·Բ adjective
  • un·ɲg·Բ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swaggering1

First recorded in 1590–1600; swagger + -ing 2
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Once the blackout fog clears and the shame descends, Saxon allows some rare moments of vulnerability to penetrate his swaggering façade.

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Along came Rodrigo Duterte, a swaggering ruffian from the southern island of Mindanao, whose 1998 psychological assessment concluded he had a “pervasive tendency to demean, humiliate others and violate their rights.”

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Hardik powered his hands through anything full in a swaggering feat of acceleration.

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Six years ago, you believed those swaggering sentiments.

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this shows is that for all of the GOP's swaggering braggadocio about their alleged landslide, Trump's win was razor thin in Congress, indicating once more that he has no coattails.

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