Swag·ger v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering.]
 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.