swagger
Fashionable; trendyFashionable; trendy.
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» He swaggers whenever he's near women.
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1 senses(archaic, slang)Fashionable; trendy.
15 March, 1896, Ernest Rutherford, letter to Mary Newton Mrs J.J. [Thomson] looked very well and was dressed very swagger and made a very fine hostess.
- (British informal) very chic
Examples
4 sentencesHe swaggers whenever he's near women.
The speaker swaggered into the lecture hall.
ruДокладчик помпезно вошел в конференц-зал. — carlosalberto
deDer Redner betrat pompös den Konferenzraum. — carlosalberto
Who said you can swagger around like that just because you're one year ahead of me?
He is swaggering.
Origin
A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (159A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), see quotations.
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Forms
more swagger, most swagger| Comparative | more swagger Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most swagger Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- (British informal) very chic:groovy
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.