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swagger
/ˈswæ ɡər/
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a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger meaning(s)
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- (n) a proud stiff pompous gait
- (v) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- (v) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- (adj) (British informal) very chic
- (v) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
- (n) an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
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- Her narratives sprawl with Dickensian swagger.
- The pulsating institution is a strobe-lit, rambling warren of dance floors, figure-hugging outfits, swagger and seasoned moves.
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swagger stick
a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers
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swaggerer
/ˈswæ ɡə rə/
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someone who walks in an arrogant manner
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swaggering
/ˈswæ ɡə rɪŋ/
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those…
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swaggie
an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle…
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swagging
valuable goods
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swagman
an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle…
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swahili
/swɑ ˈhi li/
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the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya…
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swain
/ˈsweɪn/
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a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
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swainsona
a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
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swainsona galegifolia
erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary…
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swainsona grandiflora
shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly…
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swainsona greyana
shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems…
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swale
a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
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swallow
/ˈswɑ loʊ/
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a small amount of liquid food
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swallow dive
a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before…
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swallow hole
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially…
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swallow shrike
Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a…
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swallow up
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
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swallow wort
perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
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swallow-tailed
(especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that…
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swallow-tailed coat
a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the…
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swallow-tailed hawk
graceful North American black-and-white kite
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swallow-tailed kite
graceful North American black-and-white kite