Sekirov Dictionary

strut

/stɹʌt/

verb 7
adjective 2
noun 4
forms 8
phrases 1

verb7

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Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- Hark, hark, I heare, the straine of strutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe. — 1610
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To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
- He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.
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To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
- The frantic father struts the stage, / And swells with true sublimity of rage / Against his son, who leads a wanton life, / And scorns the offer of a dowried wife. — 1838
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To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
- Masonry flying arches strutting the retaining walls in Chorley cutting, Manchester-Blackpool line, L.M.S.R. — 1939
To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
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(no longer used) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.
- The Pow'r appeas'd, with winds suffic'd the sail, / The bellying canvas strutted with the gale; [...] — 1701
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(no longer used) Often followed by out: to cause (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell.
- [H]e gains the glitt'ring prize, / And struts the gaudy food of gazing eyes, / A thing—that oft his Footmen may despise. — 1746

adjective2

(no longer used) Swelling out due to being full; bulging, protuberant, swollen.
(Scotland, no longer used) Drunk, intoxicated; fou.

noun4

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A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
- Putting on his hat, and thrusting both hands into the pockets of his trousers, he marched with a nonchalant strut out of the room, [...] — 1860
A beam or rod providing support.
An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts; attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
(historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

forms

strutted · struttedst · strutting · struts · strutteth · struttest · more strut · most strut

Phrases with strut

strut one's stuff
To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.

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