Made vs Swagger - What's the difference?
made | swagger |
(make)
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
* Beaconsfield
To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
* Collier
confidence, pride
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 9
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich
, work=BBC Sport
A bold, or arrogant strut.
A prideful boasting or bragging.
As a proper noun made
is .As a verb swagger is
to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.As a noun swagger is
confidence, pride.made
English
(wikipedia made)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mathe, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (Scotland)Etymology 2
From (etyl) made, makede, . More at (l).Verb
(head)Quotations
* (English Citations of "made")Derived terms
* have it made * home-made * made in the shade * made man * ready-made * self-madeStatistics
*Anagrams
* * * * English irregular past participles ----swagger
English
Verb
(en verb)- a man who swaggers about London clubs
- To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.
- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* swaggerer * swaggeringlyNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
