From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strut \Strut\, noun [For senses 2 & 3 cf. LG. strutt rigid.]
1. The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
2. (Arch.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See {Brace}, and Illust. of {Frame}, and {Roof}.
3. (Engin.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strut \Strut\, verb (used with an object) To hold apart. Cf. {Strut}, noun, 3.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strut \Strut\, adjective Protuberant. [Obs.] --Holland.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strut \Strut\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Strutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strutting}.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.]
1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.]
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden.
2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: {prance}, {swagger}]
2: brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
verb
1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: {swagger}, {ruffle}, {prance}, {sashay}, {cock}] [also: {strutting}, {strutted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "strut": amble, barge, bounce, bowl along, brave show, bundle, clump, drag, droop, flaunt, flounce, foot, footslog, gait, gallop, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, limp, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, pace, paddle, parade, peacock, peacockery, peacockishness, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, prink, promenade, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, stagger, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strutting, stump, swagger, swaggering, swank, swash, swashbuckle, swashbucklering, swashbucklery, swashbuckling, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble
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