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strut / strət/ • n. 1. a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.2. [in sing.] a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: that old confident strut and swagger has returned.• v. (strut·ted, strut·ting) 1. [intr.] walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: peacocks strut through the grounds.2. [tr.] brace (something) with a strut or struts: the holes were close-boarded and strutted.PHRASES: strut one's stuff inf. dance or behave in a confident and expressive way.DERIVATIVES: strut·ter n.strut·ting·ly adv.ORIGIN: Old English strūtian ‘protrude stiffly,’ of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.

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