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Definition: STRUTTING |
STRUTTING1. A. & n. from Strut, v. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Strut |
Date "STRUTTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Crosswords: STRUTTING |
| English words defined with "STRUTTING": Astrut ♦ cakewalk. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "STRUTTING": Herring-bone ♦ king pile. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "STRUTTING": Coquette. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I wanted to show 'Fu De Mayo' how much business they've lost so I've been strutting and dancing in front of their store all day. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) The idea of me strutting up the aisle like some snowy white virgin is insane (I Think I Do; writing credit: Brian Sloan) Strutting around with your friends over a pint of blood (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) That strutting popping-jay was damn sure of himself (1776; writing credit: Sherman Edwards; Peter Stone) | |
Lyrics | Strutting her stuff on the street (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sage Grouse on strutting ground (lek) at Jackass Butte near Burns, Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | A strutting Sagegrouse cock. Credit: Unknown. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "STRUTTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 89.47% of the time. "STRUTTING" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 89.47% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.89% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "STRUTTING": planking and strutting. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
strutting | 18 |
strutting wolf | 15 |
strutting walking | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STRUTTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | متبختر (swaggering), المتبختر (waddle). (various references) | |
Chinese | "' (Braced, Bracing, journalling, Strutted). (various references) | |
Danish | afstivning (brace, bracing, excavated wall, keying, keys, propping, reinforcement, retaining, shoring, stiffener, stiffening, supporting, wedging). (various references) | |
Dutch | stutwerk, verstijving (propping, setting, stiffener, stiffening, stiffening plate). (various references) | |
Finnish | tuenta (mounting, propping, rubber mounting, staking, stiffening), pönkitys (propping, stiffening). (various references) | |
French | vantard, etaiement, contreventement, étaiement (stiffening). (various references) | |
German | Verstrebung (bracing, cross-member), verstrebend, stolzierend. (various references) | |
Greek | στύλωση (propping, staking, stiffening), στήριξη (bracing, guying, jointing, propping, rigging, staying, stiffening, support), υποστήριξη (backing, countenance, maintenance, patronage, subvention, support), ενίσχυση (amplification, amplifying, invigoration, reinforcement, relief), αντιστήριγμα (adjustable stop, buttress, outer control lever, position stop, stop, strut). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "ת' "רות (conceit, coquetry, showing off, titivation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | oszloptámasztó rúd, megerősítés támasztólappal, megerősítés horogvassal, megerősítés hevederfával, megerősítés csappal, keresztirányú merevítés, hevederes kötés. (various references) | |
Italian | appoggio temporaneo (propping, stiffening). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 闊歩 (striding, swaggering), 反身 (bending backward), 反り身 (sticking out the chest). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そりみ (sticking out the chest), かっぽ (striding, swagger, swaggering), は"し" (bending backward, demigod, half length, half the body, Osaka-Kobe, rebellious retainer, rebellious spirit). (various references) | |
Manx | ard-chesmadagh, ard-cheimnagh (dignified, highborn, pre-eminent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uttingstray.(various references) | |
Spanish | tornapunta (strut), puntal (brace, pitprop, prop, puncheon, shore, stanchion, strut), pavoneo (strut, swagger), jabalcón (inferior purlin, propping, stiffening, wall plate). (various references) | |
Swedish | stagning (staying), stämpning (propping, shoring, stiffening), avstyvning (bracing, propping, stiffening). (various references) | |
Turkish | payanda vurma, kurumla yürüme (strut), hindi gibi kabaran, destekleme (boost, bracing, corroboration, logrolling, pump priming, supporting, sustentation), çalım satarak yürüyen, çalım (air, airs, feint, ostentation, pass, side, strut, swagger, swank, trick). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gaяky. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"STRUTTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scruting, Scruttons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "STRUTTING" (pronounced stru"ting) |
| 4 | -u" t i ng | abutting, butting, cutting, gutting, jutting, Nutting, putting, rebutting, shutting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-n-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: trusting. | |
-2 letters: intrust, rusting, rutting, tutting. | |
-3 letters: grunts, rutins, string, strung, strunt, truing, tuttis, ungirt, unrigs. | |
-4 letters: girns, girts, grins, grist, grits, grunt, rings, ruing, ruins, rungs, runts, rutin, sting, stint, strut, stung, stunt, sturt, suing, suint, tings, tints, trigs, trugs, trust, tungs, turns, tutti, units, unrig, using. | |
-5 letters: gins, girn, girt, gist, gits, gnus. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-n-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: stuttering. | |
+2 letters: outstarting, restituting. | |
+3 letters: outthrusting, prostituting, shortcutting. | |
+4 letters: outstretching, reinstituting. | |
+5 letters: counterstating, misattributing, reconstituting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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