strut (strŭt)

v., strut·ted, strut·ting, struts.

v.intr.
To walk with pompous bearing; swagger.

v.tr.

1. To display in order to impress others. Sometimes used with out: Don't strut out your resume until you have more accomplishments to list.
2. 1. To provide (a structure) with a strut or struts.
   2. To brace or separate with or as if with a strut.

n.

1. A pompous, self-important gait.
2. A structural element used to brace or strengthen a framework by resisting longitudinal compression.

idiom:

strut (one's) stuff Slang.

1. To behave or perform in an ostentatious manner; show off.

[Middle English strouten, to stand out, from Old English strūtian, to stand out stiffly.]

strutter strut'ter n.
struttingly strut'ting·ly adv.

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