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strut

1

[struht]

verb (used without object)

strutted, strutting 
  1. 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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noun

  1. the act of strutting.

  2. a strutting walk or gait.

strut

2

[struht]

noun

  1. any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression.

verb (used with object)

strutted, strutting 
  1. to brace or support by means of a strut or struts.

strut

/ ٰʌ /

verb

  1. (intr) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger

  2. (tr) to support or provide with struts

  3. informalto behave or perform in a proud and confident manner; show off

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework

  2. an affected, proud, or stiff walk

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • strutter noun
  • ˈٰܳٳپԲ adjective
  • ˈٰܳٳٱ noun
  • ˈٰܳٳپԲly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of strut1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English strouten “to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster,” Old English ٰūپ “to struggle,” derivative of unattested ٰū (whence Middle English strut “sٰڱ”)

Origin of strut2

First recorded in 1565–75; obscurely akin to strut 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of strut1

C14 strouten (in the sense: swell, stand out; C16: to walk stiffly), from Old English ٰūپ to stand stiffly; related to Low German strutt stiff
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others; show off.

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Synonym Study

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.
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In the bottom of the first, the Angels’ star strutted into the spotlight.

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Scotland still have the disappointment of slouching on their sofas this summer instead of strutting their stuff in Switzerland at the Euros.

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Rock-star conspicuous in a brown leather bomber jacket, Damiano David struts into a hotel bar in downtown Los Angeles, finds a table near the back and orders an orange juice in his suave Italian accent.

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Luckily, you're not forced to stay up all night to watch the stars strut their stuff in California.

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When she strutted down the aisle and it took the crowd a moment to realize who it was — as Latifah rarely performs anymore.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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