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strut |str?t|
noun
1 a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.
2 [ in sing. ] a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: that old confident strut and swagger has returned.
verb ( struts, strutting , strutted )
1 [ no obj. ] walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: peacocks strut through the grounds.
2 [ with obj. ] brace (something) with a strut or struts: the holes were close-boarded and strutted.
PHRASES
strut one's stuff informal dance or behave in a confident and expressive way.
DERIVATIVES
strutter noun,
struttingly adverb
ORIGIN Old English str?tian ‘protrude stiffly,’ of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.
Moon walking; as a stage, performance or dance step.
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