资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swaggered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Swaggering}.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
pompous, consequential manner.
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.