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swagger

The correct spelling is swagger.

How to pronounce swagger

/ˈswæɡ.ə/
noun

IPA: /ˈswæɡ.ə/

Say it like: Swa-gje-r

The correct spelling is swagger. Confidence, pride.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Confidence, pride.
  2. 2.A bold or arrogant strut.
  3. 3.A prideful boasting or bragging.
  4. 4.An itinerant person who walks from farm to farm carrying a swag and seeking work, often in exchange for food and lodging.
  5. 5.A fence, a middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

verb

  1. 1.To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
  2. 2.To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

adjective

  1. 1.Fashionable; trendy.

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