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strut

1  [struht] ,verb, strut⋅ted, strut⋅ting, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
–noun
2. the act of strutting.
3. a strutting walk or gait.
—Idiom
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)

Related forms:
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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Slang Dictionary
strut (one's) stuff

  1. tv.
    to walk proudly and show off one's best features or talents. : Get out there on that stage and strut your stuff!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Idioms & Phrases

strut one's stuff

Behave or perform in an ostentatious manner, show off, as in The skaters were out, strutting their stuff. This expression uses strut in the sense of "display in order to impress others." [Slang; first half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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