Strut
[strʌt]
Definition
(noun.) a proud stiff pompous gait.
(noun.) brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression.
Typist: Pearl--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To swell; to bulge out.
(v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
(n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
(a.) Protuberant.
Typed by Felix
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Walk (pompously), swell.
n. [1]. Pompous walk.[2]. (Arch.) Brace.
Checker: Lorenzo
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See STRIFE]
Checker: Melva
Definition
n. a support for a rafter: an instrument for adjusting the plaits of a ruff.—v.t. to brace.
v.i. to walk in a pompous manner: to walk with affected dignity:—pr.p. strut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. strut′ted.—n. a proud step or walk: affectation of dignity in walking.—n. Strut′ter one who struts.—adv. Strut′tingly in a strutting manner.
Typed by Gordon
Examples
- Harry as the Saracen should strut a bit more, and John needn't holler his inside out. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The soldiers who like to wear uniforms, who like to strut and swagger and wear red-and-black scarves. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The horse-marine, who had entered with the sort of strut which became a commander-in-chief of No. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He should have been a cockerel, so he could strut before fifty females, all his subjects. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And failing that, Napoleon could do no more than strut upon the crest of this great mountain of opportunity like a cockerel on a dunghill. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- George parted from them and strutted down the lobby to the General's box, the number of which he had carefully counted. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The bird strutted proudly along, the feathers of its neck glistening with every movement of its head. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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