swagger

 
Pronunciation: /ˈswagə/

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way: he swaggered along the corridor (as adjective swaggering) a swaggering gait

noun

[in singular]
  • a very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner: they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger

adjective

  • 1 [attributive] denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.
  • 2British informal, dated smart or fashionable: I’ll take you somewhere swagger

Derivatives

swaggerer

noun

swaggeringly

adverb

Origin:

early 16th century: apparently a frequentative of the verb swag