no obj., with adverbial of direction
- walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way昂首阔步; 大摇大摆地走：
he swaggered along the corridor
他沿着走廊大摇大摆地走
as adj. swaggering a swaggering gait.神气活现的步态。
in sing.
- a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner昂首阔步; 神气活现：
they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger.
他们在军营里四处夸张地神气活现地散步。
1
- attrib. denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders（外衣）下摆宽松的。
2
- Brit. informal, dated smart or fashionable〈英, 非正式, 旧〉漂亮的; 时髦的：
I'll take you somewhere swagger.
我带你到个时髦的地方去。
派生词
swaggerer
nounswaggeringly
adverb词源
early 16th cent.: apparently a frequentative of the verb SWAG.