ва́жничать — meaning in English

English meaning

• prance verb To move about with high, springy steps, often showing off.
• strut verb To walk in a proud, stiff, confident way, often with the head held high.
• swagger verb To walk or behave with a bold, confident, slightly showy manner.

Senses

ва́жничать is used for these senses in English:

• give oneself airs (idiomatic, intransitive) To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger.
• prance (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
• put on airs (idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner.
• strut (transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
• swagger To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.

strut — full definition

1. verb To walk in a proud, stiff, confident way, often with the head held high.
2. noun A supporting rod or beam that braces a structure.

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