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# swagger

verb (swagger, swaggers, swaggered, swaggering); noun (swagger — uncountable)

«swagger» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To swagger is to walk or behave in a very proud, showy way, as if you think you are better than others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#m1)
2. (noun) Swagger is that proud, showy way of walking or behaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#m2)
3. (informal) Swagger can mean confident style that others admire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#m3)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad swaggers and boasts after his escapes; the word tells the reader he is vain and showing off. Pirates and bullies swagger in stories. «Swag» in modern slang comes from this word and means cool style.

### Examples

- Toad swaggered down the road, singing about himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#x1)
- The new captain walked with a swagger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#x2)
- Pirates swaggered through the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#x3)
- He swaggered into class as if he owned it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#x4)
- She had the swagger of a champion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#x5)
- The bully swaggered up to the little ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: swaggered, swaggering (double g). Usually a criticism. Do not mix up with «stagger» (to walk unsteadily, nearly falling).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «swagger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swagger/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swagger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swagger.html) on Mova free.