All 12 Uses
swagger
in
The Lords of Discipline
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- There was a swaggering cockiness to his walk, and he strutted like an imperfect cross between a pit bull and a bird of paradise.†
Chpt 1.8 *swaggering = walking and behaving in a highly confident manner
- But they let us writhe and maneuver like worms in a can until at last all of us could see the speaker, who stood rigidly on the table slapping his open palm with a swagger stick.†
Chpt 2.16swagger = walk and behave in a highly confident manner
- He slapped his swagger stick loudly against his open palm.†
Chpt 2.16
- But with the help of this cadre and this swagger stick I'm going to do my best to make sure that Romeo Company remains the best goddam company in the Corps.†
Chpt 2.16
- To accomplish this, gentlemen, I'm going to jack this swagger stick up your foul assholes every time I get near you this year.†
Chpt 2.16
- He was beating the swagger stick furiously into his palm as though his left hand was boneless, nerveless tissue.†
Chpt 2.16
- I've been insane for so long, criminally insane, douchebags, psychotically out of my fucking tree, that it gives me kind of a warm feeling all over when I think about sticking my swagger stick up your fucking asses and have it come out all slick with your blood and intestines.†
Chpt 2.16
- He threw his swagger stick to the floor and drew his long sword from his shining scabbard.†
Chpt 2.16
- I'm gonna fuck you slow and easy with my swagger stick, scumbag.†
Chpt 2.16
- Some of them had swagger sticks.†
Chpt 4.35
- We should have swaggered down those disciplined ranks, drunken and out of control, delirious with the powerfulinsulin of our shared history.†
Chpt 4.41swaggered = walked or behaved in a highly confident manner
- I watched as the Major approached R Company in his familiar erect swagger.†
Chpt 4.43swagger = walk and behave in a highly confident manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(swagger) walk or behave in a highly confident or proud manner -- often arrogant and sometimes to impress or intimidate othersSwagger 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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)