| VERB | motion | swagger, tittup, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
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| communication | swagger, browbeat, bully | discourage or frighten with threats / threats or a domineering manner | |
| body | swagger, bluster, swash | act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | swagger, groovy | (British informal) very chic |
| NOUN | person | swagger, swagman, swaggie | an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work |
| act | swagger, strut, prance | a proud stiff pompous gait |
| Sounds | swae'ger | |
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| Rhymes | agar ... younger: 63 rhymes with ger... | |
| Meaning | (British informal) very chic. | |
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| Synonym | groovy | |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | fashionable, stylish | Being or in accordance with current social fashions |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | guay, tope, total | |
| Meaning | An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work. | |
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| Synonyms | swagman, swaggie | |
| Region | Australia, Commonwealth of Australia | A nation occupying the whole / whole of the Australian continent |
| Broader | itinerant, gypsy, gipsy | A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment |
| Spanish | swagman | |
| Catalan | swagman | |
| Meaning | A proud stiff pompous gait. | |
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| Synonyms | strut, prance | |
| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Spanish | contoneo, pavoneo | |
| Verbs | swagger | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
| Meaning | To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children swagger to the playground | |
| Synonyms | tittup, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | contonearse, pavonearse | |
| Catalan | ballar, capalçar-se, culejar, encabritar-se, faronejar, fer el tifa, giravoltar, presumir, remenar el cul, rumbejar, saltar | |
| Nouns | swagger | a proud stiff pompous gait |
| swaggerer | someone who walks in an arrogant manner | |
| Meaning | discourage or frighten with threats / threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
| Synonyms | browbeat, bully | |
| Broader | wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle | Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering |
| Spanish | atemorizar, intimidar | |
| Catalan | intimidar | |
| Meaning | Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | bluster, swash | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
| Spanish | fanfarronear | |
| Catalan | faronejar | |
| Nouns | swaggerer | someone who walks in an arrogant manner |
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