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swagger it

swagger it verb: to swagger about; to move about or carry oneself in a proud, superior, or pompous manner.

Verb

swagger it (third-person singular simple present swaggers it, present participle swaggering it, simple past and past participle swaggered it)

  1. (archaic) To swagger about; to move about or carry oneself in a proud, superior, or pompous manner.
    • […]and there is no reason why I should not leave this wretched hole at once and go to one of the best hotels and swagger it!1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...
    • Other women in war did not try to retain it, but seem to have welcomed the chance to put on male attire and swagger it in breeches;1984, Country Life, volume 175

Forms of swagger it

third-person singular presentswaggers it
present participleswaggering it
past participleswaggered it
pastswaggered it

Questions about swagger it

What does swagger it mean?
Swagger it means to swagger about; to move about or carry oneself in a proud, superior, or pompous manner.
What part of speech is swagger it?
Swagger it is a verb.
What is the past tense of swagger it?
The past tense of swagger it is swaggered it.

Words near swagger it in the dictionary

  1. swagged out
  2. swagged up
  3. swagger
  4. swagger coat
  5. swagger coats
  6. swagger it
  7. swagger portrait
  8. swagger portraits
  9. swagger stick
  10. swagger sticks
  11. swaggered

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