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[struht] Pronunciation Key, verb, strut·ted, strut·ting, noun
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[struht] Pronunciation Key, verb, strut·ted, strut·ting, noun –verb (used without object)
–noun
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| 1. | to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers. |
| 2. | the act of strutting. |
| 3. | a strutting walk or gait. |
| 4. | strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others; show off. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, OE strūtian to struggle, deriv. of *strūt (whence ME strut strife)]
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strutter, noun
—Synonyms 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.
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[struht] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, strut·ted, strut·ting.
[struht] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, strut·ted, strut·ting. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression. See diags. under king post, queen post. |
| 2. | to brace or support by means of a strut or struts. |
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| strut
(strŭt) Pronunciation Key
v. strut·ted, strut·ting, struts v. intr. To walk with pompous bearing; swagger. v. tr.
n.
[Middle English strouten, to stand out, from Old English strūtian, to stand out stiffly; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.] strut'ter n., strut'ting·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
strut (v.)
strut (v.)
"walk in a vain, important manner," O.E. strutian "to stand out stiffly," from P.Gmc. *strut- (cf. Dan. strutte, Ger. strotzen "to be puffed up, be swelled," Ger. Strauß "fight"), from PIE base *ster- "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see sterile). Originally of the air or the attitude; modern sense, focused on the walk, first recorded 1518. Cognate with O.E. 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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strut (n.)
strut (n.)
"supporting brace," 1587, perhaps from strut (v.), or a cognate word in O.N. or Low Ger. (cf. Low Ger. strutt "rigid"); ultimately from P.Gmc. *strutoz-, from root *strut- (see strut (v.)).
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| strut | |
noun | |
| 1. | a proud stiff pompous gait |
| 2. | brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression |
verb | |
| 1. | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Strut
Strut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Strutting.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.]1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.] The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden. 2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak.
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Strut
Strut\, n. [For senses 2 & 3 cf. LG. strutt rigid.]1. The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk. 2. (Arch.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof. 3. (Engin.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
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Strut
Strut\, v. t. To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
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Strut
Strut\, a. Protuberant. [Obs.] --Holland.
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