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Meanings of swagger in inglês

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An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work.

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        To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.

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              faronejar

              Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.

                    faronejar

                    A proud stiff pompous gait.

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                          Examples for "strut"
                          Examples for "strut"
                          1
                          On such occasions the animal needs to strut with menace and assurance.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          She looked exactly like her employer, right down to Dayle's confident strut.
                          The next to die
                          3
                          Nail on the strut, pressing the legs well up against the shoulders.
                          Things To Make
                          4
                          Something of that band's alpha northern strut transferred itself naturally to Kasabian.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          He crouched quickly next to a landing strut, feeling Serri behind him.
                          Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
                          1
                          His spirit seemed to prance with joy like the horse beneath him.
                          The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
                          2
                          Sure, I thought he'd yell an' prance round like a drunken fool.
                          The Rustlers of Pecos County
                          3
                          He came in pertly, prance-footed, black and curly as a storm cloud.
                          The corfu trilogy
                          4
                          He'd rather be staked than mince and prance around like a jackass.
                          Darkness unleashed
                          5
                          Next time he won't prance up and hand me no damn ribbon.
                          A clash of kings
                          Usage of swagger in inglês
                          1
                          It brings a certain credibility, authority and a confident swagger to proceedings.
                          BBC
                          2
                          His manner was changed; there was something of a swagger in it.
                          In a glass darkly
                          3
                          Morrison, playing with an increasing swagger, soon took control of the match.
                          The Guardian
                          4
                          Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
                          "My Novel" — Volume 11
                          5
                          When the pair returned the deputy seemed to have lost his swagger.
                          The High School Boys in Summer Camp
                          6
                          He lost his invincibility, lost his swagger, and even lost his hat.
                          The prince of frogtown
                          7
                          One word of regret from me would've made him sneer and swagger.
                          Boy’s Life
                          8
                          He balanced himself where he stood in a swagger that marked time.
                          The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
                          9
                          There is something unpredictable and stern about him, a certain psychological swagger.
                          The Irish Times
                          10
                          He walks slowly over to the bin, his normal casual swagger gone.
                          Pivot Point
                          11
                          His mixture of terror and swagger was a perpetual entertainment to us.
                          The New Book of Martyrs
                          12
                          He has a natural antipathy to pomp, and swagger, and fierce demeanor.
                          John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character
                          13
                          HE is tall, softy spoken, warm but not effusive, confident without swagger.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          Young men, chests puffed out, swagger around the cars like prideful lions.
                          The whore of babylon, a memoir
                          15
                          In spite of all his bluster and swagger, he's still easily impressed.
                          The last illusion
                          16
                          He studied it, and some of his accustomed swagger began to return.
                          Greylorn
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                          Translations for swagger
                          Swagger through the time
                          Swagger across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common