strut1
[struht]
- to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
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- the act of strutting.
- a strutting walk or gait.
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- strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others; show off.
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Origin of strut1
before 1000; Middle English strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, Old English strūtian to struggle, derivative of *strūt (whence Middle English strut strife)
Synonyms
See more synonyms for strut on Thesaurus.com1. 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.
strut2
[struht]
- any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression.
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- to brace or support by means of a strut or struts.
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Origin of strut2
First recorded in 1565–75; obscurely akin to strut1
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Examples from the Web for strutted
Contemporary Examples
James dropped out of the race, and Booker strutted into office at 920 Broad Street with 72 percent of the vote.
The 18-year-old strutted down the runway Monday in an edgy, off-the-shoulder, red-and-black tweed ensemble accented with feathers.
Kendall Jenner Walks in Chanel Couture; Taylor Swift Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Wall Street Journal’The Fashion Beast Team
July 8, 2014
Purses, platforms, and "mankles" strutted down the runway at the designer's men's show.
Few people have strutted and fretted upon the stage longer, or done more damage, than Dick Cheney.
She strutted down the red carpet the color of cafe au lait—except for her white ears and the big white spots behind them.
Historical Examples
Turkey Buzzard put it on and strutted up and down the forest.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their ChildrenMabel Powers
They strutted and bragged as if the millions were already theirs.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
It was of no consequence to me that he strutted about in my feathers.
My brother Joe felt mighty big after freedom and strutted about.
Slave Narratives, OklahomaVarious
The proud warriors, despising any menial employment, strutted about with lordly air.
strut
- (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
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- a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework
- an affected, proud, or stiff walk
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Word Origin
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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Word Origin and History for strutted
strut
v.
"walk in a vain, important manner," Old English strutian "to stand out stiffly," from Proto-Germanic *strut- (cf. Danish strutte, German strotzen "to be puffed up, be swelled," German Strauß "fight"), from PIE root *ster- "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see sterile). Originally of the air or the attitude; modern sense, focused on the walk, first recorded 1510s. Cognate with Old English ðrutung "anger, arrogance" (see throat). To strut (one's) stuff is black slang, first recorded 1926, from strut as the name of a dance popular from c.1900.
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