Swagger1. (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
2. (v. i.) To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
3. (v. t.) To bully.
4. (n.) The act or manner of a swaggerer.
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