English-Thai Dictionary

swagger

N การ วางโต  การ เดิน อวดโก้  การวางท่า โต  การคุย โว  strut showing off pomposity kan-wang-tua

 

swagger

VI คุยโว  คุย โอ้อวด  boast brag show off kuai-wo

 

swagger

VI เดินกร่าง  เดิน ส่าย อาดๆ  เดิน วางท่า  strut swank doen-krang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWAGGER

v.i.To bluster; to bully; to boast or brag noisily; to be tumultuously proud. What a pleasure it is to swagger at the bar.
To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.

 

SWAGGERER

n.A blusterer; a bully; a boastful noisy fellow.

 

SWAGGERING

ppr. Blustering; boasting noisily.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWAGGER

Swag "ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering. ]Etym: [Freq. of swag. ]

 

1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. A man who swaggers about London clubs. Beaconsfield.

 

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! Arbuthnot. To be great is not. .. to swagger at our footmen. Colier.

 

SWAGGER

SWAGGER Swag "ger, v. t.

 

Defn: To bully. [R.] Swift.

 

SWAGGER

SWAGGER Swag "ger, n.

 

Defn: The act or manner of a swaggerer. He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. W. Irving.

 

SWAGGERER

SWAGGERER Swag "ger *er, n.

 

Defn: One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swagger

swag ger |ˈswagər ˈswæɡər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way: he swaggered along the corridor | (as adj. swaggering ) : a swaggering gait. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner: they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders. DERIVATIVES swag ger er |ˈswag (ə )rər |noun, swag ger ing ly |ˈswag (ə )riNGlē |adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.: apparently a frequentative of the verb swag .

 

swagger stick

swag ger stick ▶noun a short cane carried by a military officer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swagger

swag |ger |ˈswagə | ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way: he swaggered along the corridor | (as adj. swaggering ) : a swaggering gait. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner: they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger. ▶adjective 1 [ attrib. ] denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders. 2 Brit. informal, dated smart or fashionable: I'll take you somewhere swagger. DERIVATIVES swaggerer noun, swaggeringly adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.: apparently a frequentative of the verb swag .

 

swagger stick

swag |ger stick ▶noun a short cane carried by a military officer.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

swagger

swagger verb 1 we swaggered into the arena: strut, parade, stride; walk confidently; informal sashay. 2 try to swagger less and instead show some humility: boast, brag, bluster, crow, gloat; strut, posture, blow one's own horn, lord it; informal show off, swank. ▶noun 1 a slight swagger in his stride: strut; confidence, arrogance, ostentation. 2 he was full of swagger: bluster, braggadocio, bumptiousness, vainglory; informal swank.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

swagger

swagger verb 1 we swaggered into the arena dressed in our costumes: strut, parade, stride, roll, prance; walk confidently, walk arrogantly; N. Amer. informal sashay; archaic swash. 2 he likes to swagger about his goodness to people: boast, brag, bray, bluster, crow, gloat, parade, strut, posture, pose, blow one's own trumpet, lord it; informal show off, swank, play to the gallery; literary rodomontade. ▶noun 1 there was a slight swagger in his stride: strut, parading, roll, prancing; confidence, arrogance, self-assurance, show, ostentation. 2 Singleton was full of swagger now: boasting, bragging, bluster, bumptiousness, brashness, swashbuckling, vainglory, puffery; informal showing off, swank; literary braggadocio, rodomontade, gasconade. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD swagger, strut, parade See strut . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swagger

swag ger /swǽɡə r /動詞 自動詞 1 ｟非難して ｠ «…を » いばって歩く ; ふんぞり返って歩く (out ) «in » ▸ swagger across the room ふんぞり返って部屋を横切る 2 ｟やや古 ｠ «…について » 自慢する, ほらを吹く «about » .他動詞 〈人 〉をどなりつけて «…» させる «into do ing » .形容詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠いきな, しゃれた .名詞 U 〖しばしばa ～〗いばった [えらそうな ]歩きっぷり [態度 ].～́ st ì ck (軍人などが外出時に持つ )短い杖 （つえ ）.～er 名詞