strutting

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From the verb strut: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
strut•ting  (struting),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. walking or moving with a strut;
    walking pompously;
    pompous.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see strut1, -ing2
strutting•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
strut1 /strʌt/USA pronunciation   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]
  1. the act of strutting.

strut2 /strʌt/USA pronunciation   n., v., strut•ted, strut•ting. 
n. [countable]
  1. Building, Civil Engineeringa part used in a structure to support the whole.

v. [+ object]
  1. Building, Civil Engineeringto support by struts.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
strut1 (strut),USA pronunciation  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. 
  1. strut one's stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one's best in order to impress others;
    show off.

n. 
  1. the act of strutting.
  2. 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
strutter, n. 
    • 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. 
  1. 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. 
  1. 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/ (struts, strutting, strutted)
  1. (intransitive) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger
  2. (transitive) to support or provide with struts
  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 stiffˈstrutterˈstruttingˈstruttingly
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