MEANING
To walk or behave with conspicuous, boastful self-confidence.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- swagger into a room
- swagger about success
On the page
He swaggered into the room and asked who had doubted him.
She let him swagger about the success until the figures arrived.
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Word forms
- Base
- swagger
- Past tense
- swaggered
- Past participle
- swaggered
- Present participle
- swaggering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- swagger
- Present continuous
- am/is/are swaggering
- Present perfect
- have/has swaggered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been swaggering
- Past
- swaggered
- Past continuous
- was/were swaggering
- Past perfect
- had swaggered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been swaggering
- Future
- will swagger
- Future continuous
- will be swaggering
- Future perfect
- will have swaggered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been swaggering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: swagger; swaggers; swaggered; swaggered; swaggering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: swaggers.
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