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bragger
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n 1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger,
braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter,
vaunter]
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carpetbagger
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n 1: an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously;
"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried
to take over the south"
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dagger
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n 1: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or
stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker]
2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or
footnote [syn: dagger, obelisk]
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nagger
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n 1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by
constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nag,
nagger, common scold]
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sandbagger
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n 1: someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in
order to take advantage of you
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stagger
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n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble,
stagger]
v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
keel, lurch, swag, careen]
2: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy
snow" [syn: stagger, flounder]
3: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the
lecture hall" [syn: stagger, distribute]
4: astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with
bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the
earthquake"
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swagger
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adj 1: (British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes" [syn:
groovy, swagger]
n 1: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal
belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of
work [syn: swagman, swagger, swaggie]
2: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance,
swagger]
v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance,
strut, sashay, cock]
2: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;
intimidate [syn: browbeat, bully, swagger]
3: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
[syn: swagger, bluster, swash]
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jagger
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n 1: English rock star (born in 1943) [syn: Jagger, Mick
Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger]
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dagga
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n 1: relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
[syn: dagga, Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga,
Leonotis leonurus]
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quagga
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n 1: mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct
since late 19th century [syn: quagga, Equus quagga]
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lagger
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n 1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who
lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
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saggar
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