strutting
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 1.
to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
4.
strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others; show off.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, Old English strūtian to struggle, derivative of *strūt (whence Middle English strut strife)
before 1000; Middle English strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, Old English strūtian to struggle, derivative of *strūt (whence Middle English strut strife)
Related forms
strut·ter, 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.
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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noun
1.
any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression. See diags. under king post, queen post.
verb (used with object)
2.
to brace or support by means of a strut or struts.
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strut (strʌt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , struts, strutting, strutted | |
| 1. | (intr) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger |
| 2. | (tr) to support or provide with struts |
| 3. | informal strut one's stuff to behave or perform in a proud and confident manner; show off |
| —n | |
| 4. | a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework |
| 5. | an affected, proud, or stiff walk |
| [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] | |
| 'strutter | |
| —n | |
| 'strutting | |
| —adj | |
| 'struttingly | |
| —adv | |
| strut (strʌt) | |
| —vb , struts, strutting, strutted | |
| 1. | (intr) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger |
| 2. | (tr) to support or provide with struts |
| 3. | informal strut one's stuff to behave or perform in a proud and confident manner; show off |
| —n | |
| 4. | a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework |
| 5. | an affected, proud, or stiff walk |
| [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] | |
| 'strutter | |
| —n | |
| 'strutting | |
| —adj | |
| 'struttingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
strut
"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.
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Example sentences
After spraining her ankle the previous night, she let a tap dancer do all the strutting mid-set on a different song.
Males defend their territory on a lek to establish dominance and lure a mate by strutting and vocalizing.
Models in dagger-emblazoned silk dresses strutting while talking on cell phones.
Strutting or shop elongation is used to provide slight vertical distortion of metal pipe.
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