strutting

[struht-ing]

adjective

1. walking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous.

Other Word Forms

• struttingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of strutting¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; strut ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

On top of that, it’s famously set at a perfect strutting pace.

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On the strutting, guitar-driven Somebody To You, she waves goodbye to a suffocating relationship and asks: "Who am I when I'm out of your sight?"

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A potbellied stove washes its warmth over strutting men, women and children.

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Today it’s a strutting sense of self and mission the Roman of a later era would have recognized just as readily.

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So, yeah, don’t expect to see Hurts strutting around camp wearing his shiny new Super Bowl ring.

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Related Words

• arrogant 
• bombastic 
• cocky 
• exultant 
• pompous 
• pretentious