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Strut   /strət/   Listen
noun
Strut  n.  
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.
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.


verb
Strut  v. t.  (past & past part. strutted; pres. part. strutting)  
1.
To swell; to bulge out. (R.) "The bellying canvas strutted with the gale."
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?"


Strut  v. t.  To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.


adjective
Strut  adj.  Protuberant. (Obs.)





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"Strut" Quotes from Famous Books



... grew. Soon it swooped. With a hoarse croak it lit on the snow at a wary distance, and began to strut back and forth. Presently, its suspicions at rest, the raven advanced, and with eager beak began its dreadful meal. By this time another, which had seen the first one's swoop, was in view through the ether; ...
— The Blazed Trail • Stewart Edward White
... Dardanelles we got a wonderful view of the stage whereon the Great Showman has caused so many of his amusing puppets to strut their tiny hour. For the purpose it stands matchless. No other panorama can touch it. There, Hero trimmed her little lamp; yonder the amorous breath of Leander changed to soft sea form. Far away ...
— Gallipoli Diary, Volume I • Ian Hamilton
... wararra poison, or ten times distilled kakodyle, and a layer of honey over all, Dewhurst hurried away, to make no call. He was hard to subdue, and a puppy, whose passion it was to strut, in the perfection of a refined toilette, among fashionable street-walkers. While he was abroad, his cares rankling within were overborne by the consciousness of being "in position." The dog's nose is cold even when ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, XXII • various
... "Miss 'Bell needn't strut so big; she got short nappy har's well's I," said Nell, with a broad grin that showed ...
— Clotelle - The Colored Heroine • William Wells Brown
... disappoint those who would extract daily profit from Me in the form of miracles, when I lay bare the carefully-concealed thoughts of their hearts, then I am hard. And when I shatter their childish love of the world, their craving for vanities, then I am hard. And when they strut about with their condemnations and their hard-heartedness, trampling the weak underfoot out of greed and malice, haughty as the heathens who bring human sacrifices to their gods, I would fain chastise them with a lash of scorpions. But when the forsaken come to Me, and ...
— I.N.R.I. - A prisoner's Story of the Cross • Peter Rosegger


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