strut
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[ struht ]
/ strʌt /
verb (used without object), strut·ted, strut·ting.
to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
noun
the act of strutting.
a strutting walk or gait.
Idioms for strut
strut one's stuff,
to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others; show off.
Origin of strut
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before 1000; Middle English
strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, Old English
strūtian to struggle, derivative of
*strūt (whence Middle English
strut strife)
SYNONYMS FOR strut
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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.
OTHER WORDS FROM strut
strut·ter, nounWords nearby strut
strung,
strung out,
strung up,
strung-out,
strunt,
strut,
strut one's stuff,
struthers,
struthious,
strutting,
struve
British Dictionary definitions for strut one's stuff
strut
/ (strʌt) /
verb struts, strutting or strutted
(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
noun
a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework
an affected, proud, or stiff walk
Derived forms of strut
strutter, noun strutting, adjective struttingly, adverbWord Origin for strut
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
Idioms and Phrases with strut one's stuff
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]