strut
1[ struht ]
/ strʌt /
verb (used without object), strut·ted, strut·ting.
to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
noun
the act of strutting.
a strutting walk or gait.
Words nearby strut
strung, strung out, strung up, strung-out, strunt, strut, strut one's stuff, struthers, struthious, strutting, struve
Idioms for strut
strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others; show off.
Origin of strut
1before 1000; Middle English strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, Old English strūtian to struggle, derivative of *strūt (whence Middle English strut strife)
SYNONYMS FOR strut
1 parade, flourish. Strut and swagger refer especially to carriage in walking. Strut implies swelling pride or pompousness; to strut is to walk with a stiff, pompous, seemingly affected or self-conscious gait: A turkey struts about the barnyard. Swagger implies a domineering, sometimes jaunty, superiority or challenge, and a self-important manner: to swagger down the street.
OTHER WORDS FROM strut
strut·ter, nounDefinition for strut (2 of 2)
strut2
[ struht ]
/ strʌt /
noun
any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression.
verb (used with object), strut·ted, strut·ting.
to brace or support by means of a strut or struts.
Origin of strut
2First recorded in 1565–75; obscurely akin to strut1
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British Dictionary definitions for strut
strut
/ (strʌt) /
verb struts, strutting or strutted
(intr) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger
(tr) to support or provide with struts
strut one's stuff informal to behave or perform in a proud and confident manner; show off
noun
a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework
an affected, proud, or stiff walk
Derived forms of strut
strutter, nounstrutting, adjectivestruttingly, adverbWord Origin for strut
C14 strouten (in the sense: swell, stand out; C16: to walk stiffly), from Old English strūtian to stand stiffly; related to Low German strutt stiff
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