Strutting
adjective
1.
walking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous.
verb (used without object), strutted, strutting.
1.
to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
noun
2.
the act of strutting.
3.
a strutting walk or gait.
Idioms
4.
strut one’s stuff, to dress, behave, perform, etc., one’s best in order to impress others; show off.
noun
1.
any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist longitudinal compression.
verb (used with object), strutted, strutting.
2.
to brace or support by means of a strut or struts.
verb struts, strutting, strutted
1.
(intransitive) to walk in a pompous manner; swagger
2.
(transitive) to support or provide with struts
3.
(informal) strut one’s stuff, to behave or perform in a proud and confident manner; show off
noun
4.
a structural member used mainly in compression, esp as part of a framework
5.
an affected, proud, or stiff walk
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