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# swaggering

adjective (swaggering); form of the verb swagger (swagger, swaggers, swaggered, swaggering)

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

## Everyday

1. Walking or behaving in a proud, show-off way, as if you are very important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#m1)
2. Too confident and boastful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#m2)

### In the lessons

A character word: it tells the reader someone is proud and showing off. Toad in The Wind in the Willows is the classic swaggering character — swaggering in his motor-car goggles and boasting songs. Pirates and bullies are often described as swaggering in stories.

### Examples

- Toad came swaggering down the drive in his goggles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#x1)
- The swaggering pirate laughed at the crew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#x2)
- He walked in with a swaggering grin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#x3)
- The team's swaggering captain lost the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#x4)
- I don't like his swaggering way of talking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#x5)
- The cockerel strutted about, swaggering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaggering/#x6)

### Note

From the verb «swagger» (regular). Noun «swagger»: «He walked with a swagger.» Similar: strutting, boastful. Do not confuse with «staggering» (walking unsteadily, or amazing).

## On Mova

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