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- Dictionarystrut/strʌt/
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: 1. to walk in a proud way trying to look important: 2. a strong rod, usually made from metal or…. Learn more.
noun. 1. : a structural piece designed to resist pressure in the direction of its length. 2. : a pompous step or walk. 3. : arrogant behavior : swagger. strut. 3 of 3.
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.
strut. (strʌt) vb, struts, strutting or strutted. 1. (intr) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger. 2. (Building) (tr) to support or provide with struts. 3. strut one's stuff informal to behave or perform in a proud and confident manner; show off. n.
The noun form of strut has a little less flash and refers to a vertical or horizontal support that holds something up, like the long steel bars holding up a building. Definitions of strut. verb. walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
STRUT meaning: 1. to walk in a proud way trying to look important: 2. a strong rod, usually made from metal or…. Learn more.
1. (intransitive) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger. 2. (transitive) to support or provide with struts. 3. See strut one's stuff. noun. 4. a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework.
