swaggern.1
/ˈswaɡə/, U.S. /ˈswæɡər/ 1.
a. The action of swaggering; external conduct or personal behaviour marked by an air of superiority or defiant or insolent disregard of others.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]
hardiessec1300
boldness1377
malapertness?a1439
over-boldnessc1450
insolencya1513
protervitya1527
impudency1529
sauce malapert1529
petulancy1537
procacitya1538
audacity1545
sauceliness1552
forehead1564
hardihead1579
hardihood1594
outfacing1598
audaciousness1599
impudentness1599
petulancea1600
impertinency1609
impertinence1612
impudencea1616
procacya1620
affrontedness1640
brow1642
front1653
insolence1668
affrontery1679
assurance1699
effrontery1715
affrontiveness1721
swagger1725
imperence1765
cheek1823
sassiness1834
cheekiness1838
pawk1855
gall1882
chutzpah1886
face1890
mouth1891
crust1900
rind1901
smarting1902
hide1916
brass neck1937
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > conduct or behaviour
rufflinga1552
swagger1725
domineera1768
1725 J. Swift New Song on Wood's Halfpence viii The butcher is stout, and he values no swagger.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. v. 104 She could put on as brazen-faced a swagger, as the most impudent dog in town.
1811 Sporting Mag. 37 86 After much swagger, he asked the constable if he knew who he was?
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) v. 117 Tall, spare,..with a jovial laugh and a not ungraceful swagger.
1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 21 A man who has outgrown the swagger and affectations of boyhood, and settled down into a..respectable member of society.
1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines v He was an impudent fellow, and..his swagger was outrageous.
b. transferred. Applied to a mental or intellectual attitude marked by the same characteristics.
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the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun]
prideOE
overgartc1175
surquidrya1250
stuntisea1327
arrogance1340
insolencec1386
surquidyc1407
succudryc1425
lordliness1440
arrogancy1477
ogartc1480
wantonness?a1505
stateliness1509
insolencya1513
surquidancea1525
superbityc1540
imperiousness1582
surliness1587
super-arrogation1593
insolentness1594
assumption1609
self-assumption1609
huff1611
imperiosity1618
superarrogancy1620
lordship1633
self-assuming1644
alazony1656
high-handednessa1658
fast1673
arrogantness1756
overbearance1766
swaggera1821
huffishness1841
you-be-damnedness1885
high and mighty1924
a1821 J. Keats Otho i. i, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 120 No military swagger of my mind, Can smother from myself the wrong I've done him.
1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 890/1 As to Chrysostom, and Basil, with less of pomp and swagger than Gregory, they have not at all more of rhetorical burnish and compression.
1869 Ld. Coleridge in E. H. Coleridge Life & Corr. Ld. Coleridge (1904) II. vi. 165 The mingled swagger and cowardice of the whole transaction.
1908 Athenæum 5 Dec. 727/1 He respects the public, contempt for whom is at the root of most artistic display and swagger.
2. Short for swagger-bag n., swagger-cane n., swagger coat n. at swagger- comb. form 2, etc.: colloquial.
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1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 327/2 Swagger (hospital slang), a tunic for promenade occasions; ‘square-push’ tunic.
1939 Fur Times 12 May 2/3 Beaver lamb is shown in swaggers and short jackets.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 38 Swagger, a jacket with a very full back, hanging loose in front.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. (Suppl.) In-fashion spring bags... Swaggers, shoulder-straps, double handles.
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swaggern.2
/ˈswaɡə/, U.S. /ˈswæɡər/ I. Senses relating to swaying motion.
1. One who causes a thing to ‘swag’ or sway.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swaying > one who causes swaying
swagger1653
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ii. 17 The swagger who th' alarum bell holds out [Fr. Le brimbaleur qui tient le cocquemart].
II. Senses relating to swag or booty.
2. Australian and New Zealand. One who carries a swag; a swagman.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > carrying belongings
swagman1851
swagger1855
swagsman1869
swaggie1892
bagman1896
drummer1898
battler1900
bindle-man1900
bindle-stiff1900
bluey-humper1903
bag lady1972
bag woman1977
1855 Argus (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 6/1 We have observed a great influx of swaggers lately—all seemingly bound for Smith's Creek.
1904 Lady Broome Colonial Mem. 33 I wonder if ‘swaggers’ have been improved off the face of the country districts of New Zealand? Tramps one would perhaps have called them in England, and yet they were hardly tramps so much as men of a roving disposition, who wandered about asking for work, and they really could and did work if wanted.
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swaggeradj.
/ˈswaɡə/, U.S. /ˈswæɡər/ colloquial or slang.
Showily or ostentatiously equipped, etc.; smart or fashionable in style, manner, appearance, or behaviour; ‘swell’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]
in (also into) request?1574
bonfacion1584
fashional?1607
of request1613
fashionablea1627
à la mode1642
all the mode1651
modish1661
in mode1664
timeish1676
of vogue1678
voguea1695
mody1701
alamodic1753
much the mode1767
tonish1778
go1784
stylish1800
bang-up1810
tippy1810
varmint1823
up to the knocker1844
gyvera1866
OK1869
fly1879
swagger1879
doggy1885
faddy1885
fantoosh1920
voguish1927
voguey1928
à la page1930
go1937
hard1938
hip1939
down1952
swinging1958
a-go-go1960
way-in1960
yé-yé1960
trendy1962
with-it1962
go-go1963
happening1965
mod1965
funky1967
together1968
fash1977
cred1987
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective]
rankOE
peacockly?a1425
ruffling1531
garish1545
peacockish1551
peacock-like1576
ostentatious1590
fastuous?1591
flaring1593
flantitanting1596
ostentive1599
ostentative1601
showful1607
flourishable1614
flourishing1616
flaunting1624
ostentous1624
ostentatory1638
swasha1640
fanfaron1670
paradeful1748
ostensible1782
epideictic1790
fandangous1797
flashy1801
affiché1818
show-off1818
splashing1820
flaunty1825
splash-and-dash1830
pretentious1832
flash1836
splashy1836
pretenceful1841
swanky1842
peacocky1844
fantysheeny1847
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
pretensivea1868
duchessy1870
swagger1879
lavish1882
splurging1884
show-offy1890
razzmatazz1900
show-offish1903
whoop-de-do1904
Ritz1908
split-arse1917
swanking1918
ritzy1919
fantoosh1920
knock-me-down1922
showboating1936
showboat1939
hellzapoppin'1945
zazzy1961
glitzy1966
sploshy1966
zhuzhy1968
noncy1989
bling1999
1879 Cambr. Rev. 26 Nov. 103/2 Is it because the college can't afford to have them [sc. railings] painted? Or are they having some swagger new ones made?
1884 All Year Round 18 Oct. 34/2 She becomes, according to the ideas of her class, quite a ‘swagger’ personage.
1888 Echoes fr. Oxf. Mag. (1890) 111 Though Bishops and Dons boss the show, And you think that it's awfully swagger.
1890 F. W. Robinson Very Strange Family 172 Keeping you company in your swagger chambers.
1896 ‘M. Corelli’ Mighty Atom ii Sir Charles was a notable figure in ‘swagger’ society.
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swagger portrait n. originally U.S. a commissioned portrait of a prominent or wealthy person which ostentatiously emphasizes or aggrandizes his or her importance, power, or status.
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1917 N.Y. Times 11 Nov. 70/6 This is what I call a beautiful portrait: not a pretty or a swagger portrait, but an honest, respectful, appreciative man-to-man portrait.
1992 A. Wilton (title) The swagger portrait: grand manner portraiture in Britain from Van Dyck to Augustus John, 1630–1930.
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swaggerv.
/ˈswaɡə/, U.S. /ˈswæɡər/ 1. With it.1612 S. Rowlands Knaue of Harts (Hunterian Club) 5 To take a purse, or make a Fray, Tis we that swagger it away.1658 V. Marshall in R. Capel Remains To Rdr. sig. a4 Alcibiades could swagger it at Athens.a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 281 They should..swagger it out bravely in their trappings and chains of gold.in extended use.1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. xvi. §7 To see a grande demure Schoole Diuine,..swaggering it in the metaphoricall cut.1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 61 It was Atheism openly Swaggering, under the glorious Appearance of Wisdom and Philosophy.1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate v A sort of pageant, where trite and obvious maxims are made to swagger in lofty and mystic language.
a. intransitive. To behave with an air of superiority, in a blustering, insolent, or defiant manner; now esp. to walk or carry oneself as if among inferiors, with an obtrusively superior or insolent air.
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the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly
swella1250
to make it stoutc1315
to bear oneself stout1338
bridlea1475
to make it prouda1500
strut1518
to set up one's bristles1529
strut?c1570
square1584
square1590
swagger1600
to take on1603
puff1633
fluster1698
to hold one's head high1707
crest1713
to set out the shin1719
straddle1802
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > be or become arrogant [verb (intransitive)]
cock1542
swagger1600
domineer1607
fluster1698
to throw (chuck, etc.) one's weight about or around1917
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner
prancea1398
jeta1400
prankc1450
strut1518
stalk1530
jotc1560
brank1568
piaffe1593
strit1597
swagger1600
stretch1619
prig1623
flutter1690
prink1696
jut1763
strunt1789
straddle1802
major1814
cakewalk1890
sashay1968
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 71 What hempen homespunnes haue we swaggring here, So neere the Cradle of the Fairy Queene? View more context for this quotation
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 6 The cause that now they Swagger, and are masterlesse abroad, is because they were never well mastered at home.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 323 Antonius..sent away P. Ventidius thither to command in chiefe, whilest himselfe swaggered and revelled (drunken beast as hee was) at Athens.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 60 He..became so insolent..that he would always affect to swagger and look big as he passed by me.
1762 O. Goldsmith in Brit. Mag. Jan. 34/2 The bunters who swagger in the streets of London.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 66 He took complete possession of the house, swaggering all over it.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour iv. xxii. 113 [He] swaggered about like an aide-de-camp at a review.
1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library xii. 150 We may think of him as swaggering in scarlet regimentals.
b. spec. To talk blusteringly; to hector; †hence, to quarrel or squabble with; also, to grumble. Now only (directly transferred from preceding sense), to talk boastfully or braggingly.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel with [verb (transitive)]
vary1496
to fall out?1499
thwart1519
snarl1593
swagger1599
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
hum13..
plainta1325
gruntc1325
plainc1325
musea1382
murmurc1390
complain1393
contrary1393
flitec1400
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grummec1430
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hoinec1440
mutterc1450
grudge1461
channerc1480
grunch1487
repine1529
storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 31 Wise men in Greece in the meane while [were trivial] to swagger so aboute a whore [sc. Helen].
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 96 Heele not swagger with a Barbary hen, if her feathers turne backe in any shew of resistance. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. vii. 123 A rascals that swagard With me the other day.
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. D4v Hee dings the pottes about, cracks the glasses, swaggers with his owne shadow.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. S7v Some of them beganne very insolently to swagger with me, because I durst reprehend their religion.
1644 Trevor in T. Carte Ormond (1735) III. 267 Sir George Radcliffe and Bathe are very violent, which makes the Irish swagger very severely.
1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 127 You swagger and take on..as if..you were of the same fraternity with the highest Theomagicians in the World.
1664 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode 1 One Captaine at another swaggers.
1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. A4v The Disputes of Men that love to swagger for Opinions.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 313 The Captains swagger'd [It. brontolavano = grumbled], that they were not obey'd by their Souldiers.
1736 T. Sheridan Let. to Swift 31 July You may think I swagger, but as I hope to be saved it is true.
1854 J. Hannay Sat. & Satirists i. 28 The fellow swaggers and chuckles over every item of his own feast to the men he is entertaining.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xiii. 309 I will not say that no mountaineer ever swaggers.
1889 The County I. viii. 114 It pays him to have pretty girls about the house and to swagger about his goodness to them.
c. transitive. To influence, force, or constrain by blustering or hectoring language; to bring into or out of a state by blustering talk.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > utter with bluster or bravado [verb (transitive)] > force or intimidate by
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > drive to or force by bullying
swagger1608
huff1680
bully1696
outbluster1747
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > restrain or force by threatening > bully
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
huff1680
bully1685
bullyraga1790
bullock1875
advantage1921
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 230 And chud haue beene swaggar'd out of my life.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 138 Will a swagger himselfe out on's owne eyes. View more context for this quotation
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. ix. 655 The Indian iagges himselfe out of humane lineaments the other swaggers himselfe further out of all ciuill and Christian ornaments.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 372 These quick Answers from the King..made it evident to them, that he would be no more Swagger'd into concessions.
1728 J. Swift Acct. Court & Empire Japan in Wks. (1765) VIII. ⁋12 He would swagger the boldest men into a dread of his power.
2.
a. intransitive. To sway, lurch; Scottish to stagger.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily
wiggle?c1225
walter1399
falterc1400
stammerc1400
dotterc1475
stavera1500
stumblea1500
reel1529
scamblec1571
halper1596
totter1602
folder1607
wamble1611
to make a Virginia fence1671
wandle1686
fribble1709
rock1718
stoit1719
stoiter1724
swagger1724
doddle1761
stotter1781
toit1786
doiter1793
stot1801
dodder1819
twaddle1823
teeter1844
shoggle1884
welter1884
warple1887
whemmel1895
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > lurch
wrickc1305
swagger1724
ricket1827
lurch1851
stumble1873
to play stoit1881
to play stoiter1890
1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. xix Staggirrand, and swaggirrand, They stoyter hame to sleip.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Swagger, to stagger, to feel as if intoxicated.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 239 The large o'erloaded wealthy-looking wains Quietly swaggering home through leafy lanes.
b. causatively.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk unsteadily along > cause to stagger along
swagger1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 60/2 I asked a girl..whether her tray was heavy to carry. ‘After eight hours at it,’ she answered, ‘it swaggers me, like drink.’
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