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"etymology_text": "A frequentative form of swag (“to sway”), first attested in 1590, in A Midsummer Night's Dream III.i.79:\n* PUCK: What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?",
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"To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner."
],
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"pompous",
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"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "važniča",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "важнича"
},
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"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "perča se",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "перча се"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "rehvastella"
},
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"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "ylvästellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
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"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "herrastella"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "se pavaner"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "plastronner"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "rouler des mécaniques"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "großtun"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "sich wichtigmachen"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "wichtigtun"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "pavoneggiarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "gloriarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "millantarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "horoslanmak",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "خروسلانمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "firidan",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "فیریدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xarāmidan",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "خرامیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vážničatʹ",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ва́жничать"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "pavonear"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"word": "svassa"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 6 12",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to act in a pompous manner",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "hava atmak"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1698, Jeremy Collier, A Moral Essay upon Pride",
"text": "To be great is not […] to swagger at our footmen.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1724, “The Drapier’s Letters”, in Dublin and London, Jonathan Swift, published 1730, Letter 1, p. 14",
"text": "For the common Soldier when he goes to the Market or Ale-house will offer this Money, and if it be refused, perhaps he will SWAGGER and HECTOR, and Threaten to Beat the BUTCHER or Ale-Wife, or take the Goods by Force, and throw them the bad HALF-PENCE.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020, Matt Flegenheimer, “A President’s Positive Test and the Year That Won’t Let Up”, in The New York Times",
"text": "“They say there’s something wrong with our president!” Mr. Trump swaggered at his indoor Tulsa rally in June,[…]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully."
],
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"noisily",
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"bluster",
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"bully",
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"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hvalja se",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "хваля се"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "fanfaroni"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "rehennellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "rehvastella"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "se vanter"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "fanfaronner"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "se la péter"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "péter plus haut que son cul"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "faire le beau"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "angeben"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "prahlen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "aufschneiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "whakapehapeha"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kabarmak",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "قبارمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "satmak",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "صاتمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "fanfarronear"
},
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"_dis1": "3 90 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to boast or brag noisily",
"word": "skrävla"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1959, Robert Lowell, “To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage”, in Life Studies",
"text": "It's the injustice… he is so unjust—\nwhiskey-blind, swaggering home at five.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To walk with a swaying motion."
],
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"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hodja napereno",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "ходя наперено"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "keinahdella"
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{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "rouler des épaules"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "stolzieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"tags": [
"humorous"
],
"word": "gockeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lapízō",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "λαπίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "pavoneggiarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "whakatāmaramara"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "tāmaramara"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasxaživatʹ s važnym vidom",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "расхаживать с важным видом"
},
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"_dis1": "6 4 90",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to walk with a swaying motion",
"word": "vingla"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈswæɡ.ə/",
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"UK"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈswæɡ.ɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-æɡə(ɹ)"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "swagger coat"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"ref": "2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport",
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"neuter"
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{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
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"sense": "confidence, pride",
"word": "перчене"
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{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "confidence, pride",
"word": "rehvakkuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "confidence, pride",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fierté"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "confidence, pride",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Selbstbewusstsein"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "confidence, pride",
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{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "confidence, pride",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mustar"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "confidence, pride",
"word": "özgüven"
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"_dis1": "3 95 2",
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"roman": "naperena pohodka",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "наперена походка"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "rehvastelija"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "rehentelijä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "prétentieux"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "rouleur de mécaniques"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "outrecuidant"
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{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "altivez"
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{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"word": "altiveza"
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{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "arrogancia"
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{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "fachenda"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "petulancia"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "soberbia"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Stolzieren"
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"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mustar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boria"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spavalderia"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marra"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pavoneo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "caka"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bold or arrogant strut",
"word": "fiyaka"
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{
"ref": "1968, Robert F. Kennedy, On the Mindless Menace of Violence",
"text": "Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their lives on the shattered dreams of others.",
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}
],
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"brag",
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{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "samohvalstvo",
"sense": "prideful boasting or bragging",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "самохвалство"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prideful boasting or bragging",
"word": "rehvastelu"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prideful boasting or bragging",
"word": "rehentely"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prideful boasting or bragging",
"word": "öykkäröinti"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "prideful boasting or bragging",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hâblerie"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "prideful boasting or bragging",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fanfaronnade"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 95",
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"code": "fr",
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