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Adjective swagger has 1 sense
- groovy, swagger - (British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes"
Antonyms: unfashionable, unstylish (indirect, via fashionable)
Noun swagger has 2 senses
- swagman, swagger, swaggie - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
--1 is a kind of itinerant
- strut, prance, swagger - a proud stiff pompous gait
--2 is a kind of gait
Verb swagger has 3 senses
- swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock - to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
--1 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
The children swagger to the playground
- browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
--2 is one way to wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- swagger, bluster, swash - act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
--3 is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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