strut

UK: /ˈstrʌt/ US: /strʌt/ ,(strut)

Inflections of 'strut' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

struts

v 3rd person singular

strutting

v pres p

strutted

v past

strutted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

strut¹ /strʌt/   v., strut•ted, strut•ting, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to walk in an overly proud or self-important way:
   He strutted up and down in the front of the parade.

n. [countable]

2. the act of strutting.

strut² /strʌt/   n., v., strut•ted, strut•ting. 
n. [countable]

1. Building, Civil Engineering a part used in a structure to support the whole.

v. [~ + object]

2. Building, Civil Engineering to support by struts.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

strut¹ (strut),  v., strut•ted, strut•ting, n. 

v.i. 

1. to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.

v.t. 

2. strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others;
   show off.

n. 

3. the act of strutting.
4. 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

strut′ter, n. 
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.

strut² (strut),  n., v., strut•ted, strut•ting. 

n. 

1. Building, Civil Engineering any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression. See diags. under king post, queen post. 

v.t. 

2. Building, Civil Engineering to brace or support by means of a strut or struts.

• obscurely akin to strut¹ 1565–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

strut / strʌt/ verb (struts, strutting, strutted)

1. (intransitive) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger
2. (transitive) to support or provide with struts

noun

1. a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework
2. 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 stiff

ˈstrutter noun

ˈstrutting adjective

ˈstruttingly adverb