n.
- a bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.
- a strutting gait.
v.
(struts, strutting, strutted)
- walk with a stiff, erect, and conceited gait.
- brace with a strut or struts.
Phrase
- strut one's stuff
informal dance or behave in a confident and expressive way.
Derivative
- strutter n.
- strutting adj.
- struttingly adv.
Etymology
OE strūtian ‘protrude stiffly’, of Gmc origin.