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swagger | materialistic |

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.

As an adjective materialistic is

being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.

swagger

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • a man who swaggers about London clubs
  • To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
  • * Collier
    • To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Derived terms

    * swaggerer * swaggeringly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • confidence, pride
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport 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}}
  • A bold, or arrogant strut.
  • A prideful boasting or bragging.

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    materialistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
  • Of or concerning philosophical materialism.
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.

    Related terms

    * materialism