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- DictionaryStrut/strət/
noun
- 1. a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression: "a supporting strut"
- 2. a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: "that old confident strut and swagger has returned"
verb
- 1. walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: "peacocks strut through the grounds"
- 2. brace (something) with a strut or struts: "the holes were close-boarded and strutted"
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Strut definition, to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers. See more.
Definition of strut – Learner’s Dictionary. strut. verb. uk / strʌt / us present participle strutting | past tense and past participle strutted. strut along/around/down, etc. Add to word list. to walk somewhere with big steps in a proud way. See also. strut your stuff.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English strut1 /strʌt/ verb (strutted, strutting) [ intransitive] 1 to walk proudly with your head high and your chest pushed forwards, showing that you think you are important strut around/about/across etc I strutted around Chicago as if I were really somebody. 2 → strut your stuff → See Verb table Exampl...
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Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɹʌt/, [stɹɐt], [stɹʊ̈t] 2. (General American) IPA(key): /stɹʌt/, /stɹət/ 3. Rhymes: -ʌt 4. (Fiji) IPA(key): /stɹʌt/, [stɹʌt], [stɹɐt]
Etymology 1
The verb is derived from Middle English strouten, struten (“to bulge, swell; to protrude, stick out; to bluster, threaten; to object forcefully; to create a disturbance; to fight; to display one's clothes in a proud or vain manner”)[and other forms], from Old English strūtian (“to project out; stand out stiffly; to exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *strūtōną, *strūtijaną (“to be puffed up, swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *streudʰ- (“rigid, stiff”), from *(s)ter- (“firm; strong;...
Etymology 2
The origin of sense 1 of the noun (“beam or rod providing support”) is unknown; it is probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *strūtōną, *strūtijaną (“to be puffed up, swell”): see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Icelandic strútur (“hood jutting out like a horn”), Low German strutt (“rigid, stiff”), Norwegian strut (“nozzle, spout”), Swedish strut (“paper cornet”). The verbis derived from sense 1 of the noun. Sense 2 of the noun (“act of strutting”) is derived from th...
Etymology
From the past participle of dëstrue (“to melt, destroy”), from Vulgar Latin *destrugo (“I destroy”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /stryt/
Noun
strut m 1. lard
Etymology
From Old Swedish struter, possibly from the same ultimate source as Proto-West Germanic *strunt.
Pronunciation
1. Rhymes: -ʉːt
Noun
strut c 1. An object shaped as a hollow, open cone. 2. cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream. 3. Short for glasstrut.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [stɾut]
Noun
strut (nominative plural struts) 1. (male or female) ostrich
Definition of strut noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'strut'. 1. Someone who struts walks in a proud way, with their head held high and their chest out, as if they are very important. [disapproval] [...] See to strut your stuff [...] 2. A strut is a piece of wood or metal which holds the weight of other pieces in a building or other structure. [...] More.
strut your stuff. (informal) to proudly show your ability, especially at dancing or performing. Definition of strut verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
