All 6 Uses of
swagger
in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Even when he isn't laughing, that laughing sound hovers around him, the way the sound hovers around a big bell just quit ringing-it's in his eyes, in the way he smiles and swaggers, in the way he talks.†
Chpt 2swaggers = walks and behaves in a highly confident manner
- The way he talks, his wink, his loud talk, his swagger all remind me of a car salesman or a stock auctioneer-or one of those pitchmen you see on a sideshow stage, out in front of his flapping banners, standing there in a striped shirt with yellow buttons, drawing the faces off the sawdust like a magnet.†
Chpt 2swagger = walk and behave in a highly confident manner
- ...you too, Mr. McMurphy, for all your cowboy bluster and your sideshow swagger, you too, under that crusty surface, are probably just as soft and fuzzy and rabbit-souled as we are.†
Chpt 5 *
- The doctor is wiping tears off his glasses and looks like he's actually been laughing, and McMurphy is back as loud and full of brass and swagger as ever.†
Chpt 9
- He was the logger again, the swaggering gambler, the big redheaded brawling Irishman, the cowboy out of the TV set walking down the middle of the street to meet a dare.†
Chpt 23swaggering = walking and behaving in a highly confident manner
- He was swaggering around the floor like it was the deck of a ship, whistling in his hand like a bosun's whistle.†
Chpt 25
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.