All 4 Uses of
swagger
in
The Fountainhead
- Guy Francon ended with a flourish, raising his right arm in a sweeping salute; informal, but with an air, that gay, swaggering air which Guy Francon could always permit himself.†
Chpt 1.2swaggering = walking and behaving in a highly confident manner
- As he spoke, his voice kept losing its swaggering gaiety, and it slipped to a dead flatness on the last sentences.†
Chpt 2.11 *
- The Banner printed the interview as follows: "Mr. Roark, who seems to be a publicity hound, received reporters with an air of swaggering insolence and stated that the public mind was hash.†
Chpt 2.12
- His pose in the witness chair was strange: his torso slumped to one side with swaggering ease, an elbow on the chair's arm; but his feet were planted awkwardly straight, and his knees were pressed tight together.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
walk or behave in a highly confident or proud manner -- often arrogant and sometimes to impress or intimidate others
Swagger is often used to imply that someone moves or behaves as though they are so strong and capable as to be above physical fear. Such people are often portrayed on television as gang members or cowboys.