Question of the Day #826

Waluigi Proves He's Still The King Of Swagger

From the headline of this article at Kotaku.

  上記の文で、swaggerの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "swagger" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

[自動詞]
威張って歩く、自慢する

[名詞]
威張ること、威張った態度［歩き方］、自慢、自信たっぷりな態度

名詞の場合、「威張った態度［歩き方］」と「自信たっぷりな態度」ではニュアンスがだいぶ違うが、内容や文脈で読み取るしかありません。
問題文の場合は、「ワルイージ」というキャラクターの話なので「威張った態度［歩き方］」でよろしいのではないでしょうか。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

Intransitive verb

1. to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
   especially: to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence
2. BOAST, BRAG

  Transitive verb

• to force by argument or threat: BULLY

 

1. 1. an arrogantly self-confident way of walking: an act or instance of swaggering
   2. arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior
   3. ostentatious display or bravado
2. bold or brash self-confidence

   

Examples

• They swaggered into the room.
• He walked out of the room with a self-confident swagger.
• "Taxi" opens with an argument over capital punishment between a progressive female teacher and a condescending loudmouth who's all macho swagger. — Sheri Linden
• He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. — Carl Hiaasen, New York Times Book Review, 22 Feb. 2009
• He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. — Matthew Klam, Harper's, February 1999

   

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