Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
swagger verb
/ˈswæg.ər/
/-ɚ/ v [I]
/-ɚ/ v [I] to walk, especially with a swinging movement, in a way that shows that you are very confident and think that you are important, or to act in that way
They swaggered into the room.
A group of young men swaggered about outside the bar.
His swaggering self-confidence irritates many people.
swaggerer
noun
/ˈswæg.ər.ər//-ɚ.ɚ/ n [C]
/-ɚ.ɚ/ n [C] swaggeringly
adverb
/ˈswæg.ər.ɪŋ.li//-ɚ-/ adv
/-ɚ-/ adv (Definition of swagger verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
