strut
A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or prideA step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
» He's always strutting around like a peacock.
Он всегда чванится как павлин.
Meaning
4 senses(also, figuratively)A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
Stolzieren, Stratzen
(historical)An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
A beam or rod providing support.
Strebe, Spreize, Sprieß
распо́ркаraspórka, сто́йкаstójka, подко́сpodkós
An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
- a proud stiff pompous gait
- brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
Examples
11 sentencesHe's always strutting around like a peacock.
ruОн всегда чванится как павлин. — odexed
He struts downtown with his proud face.
That strut is weak and needs reinforcing.
A golden pheasant is strutting about in the neighbour's garden.
deIn Nachbars Garten stolziert ein Goldfasan. — Esperantostern
The cat was strutting around the yard, when it suddenly ran into the house.
deDie Katze stolzierte im Hof umher, als sie auf einmal ins Haus lief. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English strouten, struten (“to bulge, swell; to protrude,The verb is derived from Middle English strouten, struten (“to bulge, swell; to protrude, stick out; to bluster, threaten; to object forcefully; to create a disturbance; to fight; to display one's clothes in a proud or vain manner”) [and other forms], from Old English strūtian (“to project out; stand out stiffly; to exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *strūtōną, *strūtijaną (“to be puffed up, swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *streudʰ- (“rigid, stiff”), from *(s)ter- (“firm; strong; rigid, stiff”).
The origin of sense 1 of the noun (“beam or rod providing support”) is unknown; it is probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *strūtōną, *strūtijaną (“to be puffed up, swell”): see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Icelandic strútur (“hood jutting out like a horn”), Low German strutt (“rigid, stiff”), Norwegian strut (“nozzle, spout”), Swedish strut (“paper cornet”).
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