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strut
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strut  (strt)
v. strut·ted, strut·ting, struts
v.intr.
To walk with pompous bearing; swagger.
v.tr.
1. To display in order to impress others. Sometimes used with out: Don't strut out your resume until you have more accomplishments to list.
2.
a. To provide (a structure) with a strut or struts.
b. To brace or separate with or as if with a strut.
n.
1. A pompous, self-important gait.
2. A structural element used to brace or strengthen a framework by resisting longitudinal compression.
Idiom:
strut (one's) stuff Slang
To behave or perform in an ostentatious manner; show off.

[Middle English strouten, to stand out, from Old English strtian, to stand out stiffly; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.]

strutter n.
strutting·ly adv.

strut
Verb
[strutting, strutted]
to walk in a stiff proud way with head high and shoulders back; swagger
Noun
a piece of wood or metal that forms part of the framework of a structure [Old English strūtian to stand stiffly]

Strut of junior executives—Ruffner, 1983.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.strutstrut - a proud stiff pompous gait          
gait - a person's manner of walking
2.strut - brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
bracing, brace - a structural member used to stiffen a framework
Verb1.strut - to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

strut
Translations
strut [strʌt] npuntal m
vipavonearse

strut [strʌt] nétai m, support m
vise pavaner

strut [strʌt] nStrebe f, Stütze f
vistolzieren

strut [strʌt] nsostegno, supporto

strut
v strut [strat]
to walk in a stiff, proud way The cock strutted about the farmyard; The man was strutting along looking very pleased with himself. deftig stap يَتَبَخْتَر перча се vykračovat si gå knejsende stolzieren περπατώ κορδωμένος pavonearse uhkeldavalt kõndima با تكبر راه رفتن astella ylväästi se pavaner לִצעוֹד בְּשַחצָנוּת अकड़कर चलना, टेक लगाना kočoperiti se, šepiriti se büszkén lépdel berjalan dengan pongah spranga, spígspora pavoneggiarsi いばって歩く 점잔빼며[뽐내며] 걷다 eiti pasipûtusiam cēli/cienīgi iet berjalan mendada paraderen sprade, spankulere kroczyć dumnie pavonear-se a se împăuna, a merge ţanţoş ходить с напыщенным видом vykraťovať si ošabno hoditi šepuriti se svassa, strutta, stoltsera เดินวางท่า kasılarak yürümek 大搖大擺地走 ходити, набундючившись اکڑ کر چلنا đi khệnh khạng, vênh váo


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