swaggering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of swagger

adj

1. Boastful, proud, self-confident.

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Boastful, blustering behaviour.

   “Since the return of the redoubtable head of the French people to Paris, I have been no less amused by his ill-digested boastings and swaggerings, than I was before delighted by the complete discomfiture of his ambitious plans.”