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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024strut•ting (strut′ing),USA pronunciation adj. - walking or moving with a strut;
walking pompously;
pompous.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see strut1, -ing2
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024strut1 /strʌt/USA pronunciation v., strut•ted, strut•ting, n. v. [no object] - to walk in an overly proud or self-important way:He strutted up and down in the front of the parade.
n. [countable] - the act of strutting.
strut2 /strʌt/USA pronunciation n., v., strut•ted, strut•ting. n. [countable] - Building, Civil Engineeringa part used in a structure to support the whole.
v. [~ + object] - Building, Civil Engineeringto support by struts.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024strut1 (strut),USA pronunciation v., strut•ted, strut•ting, n.
v.i. - to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
v.t. - strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others;
show off.
n. - the act of strutting.
- a strutting walk or gait.
- Middle English strouten to protrude stiffly, swell, bluster, Old English strūtian to struggle, derivative of *strūt (whence Middle English strut strife) bef. 1000
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
strut2 (strut),USA pronunciation n., v., strut•ted, strut•ting.
n. - Building, Civil Engineeringany of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression. See diags. under king post, queen post.
v.t. - Building, Civil Engineeringto brace or support by means of a strut or struts.
- obscurely akin to strut1 1565–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: strut /strʌt/ vb (struts, strutting, strutted)- (intransitive) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger
- (transitive) to support or provide with struts
n - a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework
- an affected, proud, or stiff walk
Etymology: 14th Century strouten (in the sense: swell, stand out; C16: to walk stiffly), from Old English strūtian to stand stiffly; related to Low German strutt stiffˈstrutter n ˈstrutting adj ˈstruttingly adv |