swaggering

swag·ger  (swgr)

v. swag·gered, swag·ger·ing, swag·gers

v.intr.

1. To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut.

2. To brag; boast.

v.tr.

To browbeat or bully (someone).

n.

1. A swaggering movement or gait.

2. Boastful or conceited expression; braggadocio.

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[Probably frequentative of swag.]

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swagger·er n.

swagger·ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	swaggering - having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer haughty, imperious, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, disdainful, lordly, overbearing proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
	2.	swaggering - flamboyantly adventurous swashbuckling adventuresome, adventurous - willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

Translations

swaggering [ˈswægərɪŋ] ADJ [person] → fanfarrón, jactancioso; [gait] → importante, jactancioso

swaggering

adj

gait, manner → forsch

(= boastful) → großtuerisch, angeberisch

n → Großtuerei f, → Angeberei f; his swaggering about → sein Herumstolzieren nt

swaggering [ˈswæg/ərɪŋ]

1. adj (gait) → spavaldo/a; (gesture) → da fanfarone/a
a swaggering fellow → un fanfarone

2. n → fanfaronate fpl

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swaggering [ˈswæg/ərɪŋ]

1. adj (gait) → spavaldo/a; (gesture) → da fanfarone/a
a swaggering fellow → un fanfarone

2. n → fanfaronate fpl