Strut

Definition: Strut

Strut

Noun

1. A proud stiff pompous gait.

2. Brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression.

Verb

1. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others: "He strut around like a rooster in a hen house.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "strut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Food & Agriculture

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Strut

Boasting

Verb: boast, make a boast of, brag, vaunt, Puff, show off, flourish, crake, crack, trumpet, strut, swagger, vapor; blague, blow, four-flush, bluff.

Journey

Walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.

Ostentation

Noun: ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense, pretensions; showing off; fuss.

Pride

Verb: be proud; Adjective: put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, " bear like the Turk no rival near the throne ", carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs; (assume); boast.

Crosswords: Strut

Swedish (cone, cornet).

He's the only man I know who can strut sitting down (Inherit the Wind; writing credit: Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee)

Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme (Hungry Like the Wolf; performing artist: Duran Duran)

Let's get out and strut (MIXED EMOTIONS; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

You strut your astor wear (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

Stride and strut goeth before a fall; tried and true goeth before a raise. (references; author: unknown)

Strut (performing artist: Sheena Easton)

Stray Cat Strut (performing artist: Stray Cats)

Soulful Strut (Instrumental) (performing artist: Young Holt Unlimited)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Chitlin Strut and Other Madrigals (reference)

• Chitlin' Strut and Other Madrigals [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER] (reference)

• Fancy Strut (reference)

• Rooster strut on the Suwannee : a novel b+s two short stories (reference)

• Strut (An Avon Flare Book) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Shock & Strut Replacement (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Rio Strut (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Left rear view of glider at a low altitude, showing the fixed vertical fin attached to a front strut; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

U.S. manufacturers and suppliers of spare parts are expected to take advantage of those new opportunities, including side-protection bars, air bags, electronic fuel injection systems, electronic-no-point distributors, ABS braking system, front-wheel McPherson strut bar, DOHC engines, and sophisticated entertainment systems. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "strut": Discharging strut ♦ door stabilising strut ♦ door stabilizing strut ♦ jury strut ♦ main landing gear brace strut ♦ main LG brace strut ♦ oleo strut ♦ reaching strut ♦ steerable shock absorber strut ♦ strut about ♦ transverse strut. Additional references.

Beginning with "strut": strut-based, strut-braced, strut-mounted, strut-walk.

Ending with "strut": oleo-strut.

Albanian

traversë (beam, crossbeam, crosspiece, crossrail, temple), tërthore (bias, brace, crossbar, crosspiece, crossrail, stretcher, tie beam, transom, transversal, yoke), pajandër (shore), përforcoj (add, aggrandize, confirm, engrain, establish, exalt, extend, follow up, fortify, gain a foothold, grow strong, grow stronger, increase, redouble, re-enforce, reinforce, strengthen, truss, underpin), krekosje (display, inflation, prance, stalk, swagger, swank), krekosem (inflate), kapardisje (assumption, hoity toity, prance, swagger), kapardisem (bloat, bluster, flaunt, swagger), cungal. (various references)

Arabic 

‏غطرسة (arrogance, assumption, haughtiness, insolence, lordliness, perkiness, pride, superciliousness), ‏تغطرس (hector, perk), ‏تعجرف (puff, swagger), ‏تبختر (loll, lope, mince, parade, ponce about, prance, swagger, waddle), ‏سناد (bearing, mounting, prop, stock, support), ‏عرض ملابسه بإختيال, ‏إنتفخ (bag, balloon, belly, billow, bloat, bulge, distend, fill, fluff, heave, inflate, puff, swell), ‏إختيال (swagger), ‏إختال (swagger, swank, swash), ‏ركيزة (crutch, mounting, outrigger, pier, pillar, prop, stanchion, stilt, string), ‏دعامة (abutment, armature, backlog, beam, brace, crutch, hold, leg, pier, pillar, prop, shore, slip, slipway, staff, stanchion, stick, stock, support), ‏داعم (standard, supporter). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стъпвам наперено, коса подпора, важна походка, подпирам с коса подпора, паянта (brace, knee). (various references)

Chinese 

高视�"步. (various references)

Czech

vykraèovat si (stalk), trám (balk, beam, girder, joist, raft, spar, timber), rozpìra, podpìra (abutment, brace, bracket, prop, support). (various references)

Danish

stolpe (column, fence post, fence stake, picket, pillar, pole, post, stake), skråstiver til støtte for endepillerne i en vinstokrække, skraastiver (brace, wind-resisting stay), stiver (brace, raker, shore, stay), stoettestolpe (brace), minetoemmer (crossbar, footer, footlid, holing block, lagging, mine prop, mine timber, mining timber, pillar, pit prop, pit timber, post, prop, split, sprag, stull, timber chock), hovedbjaelke (post), trimpelstolpe (post), vandret afstivningsbjaelke, trykstang (compression member), tvaerbjaelke (capping, cross beam), tvaerdrager (bodywork crossbar, bodywork member, cross bar, cross beam, cross girder, cross member, cross truss, cross-bar, cross-beam, cross-bearer, cross-member, cross-tie, long sleeper, stretcher, transom), tvaergitterdrager, tvaerskot, tvaerstiver, tang (tongs). (various references)

Dutch

stut (prop, support), stijl (stake, stanchion, style), stempel (fee stamp, mine prop, pillar, pit prop, pitprops, post, prop, stamp, stigma, stull), staander (column, cutter column, housing, pillar, post, standard, straight standard, stud, upright), schoorpaal, schoor (abutment), kreupele stijl (brace, fillet), drukstaaf (compression member), dwarsdrager (bearer, bodywork crossbar, bodywork member, cross bar, cross beam, cross girder, cross member, cross truss, cross-bearer, transom), dwarsverstijving (cross-bar, cross-beam, cross-member, cross-tie, stretcher), gedrukt bouwdeel (compression member), gedrukt element (compression member), kinderbalk, drukboog, kopstuk (heading, headline, post), verstevigingsbalk, pilaar (column, pillar), kolom (column, pillar). (various references)

Esperanto

pavi (show off, strut around). (various references)

Finnish

pönkkä (prop, support). (various references)

French

étrésillon (stay plate), étai (stay, stock). (various references)

German

stolzieren (be proud, display, flounce, parade, sashay, stalk, swagger), verstreben (brace, to strut), Strebebalken (shore), strebe (brace, joist, shore), spreize (straddle). (various references)

Greek 

περπαταώ καμαρωτά, θλιβόμενη ράβδος (compression member), αλαζονικό, αμφιστύλωμα, αντηρίδα (arm, buttress, post, spur, stanchion, stay), αντιστήριγμα (adjustable stop, buttress, outer control lever, position stop, stop, strutting), εγκάρσιο στυλίδιο (cross beam, transverse strut), εγκάρσια δοκίδα (cross beam, transverse strut), ζεύγμα (zeugma), υποστήριγμα (bracket, cantilever, crutch, shore, support, suspensory, sustainment), υποστύλωμα (brace), πουντέλι (brace, post), διαδοκίδα συγκρατήσεως, πλαγιοσύνδεσμος (brace), κορδώνομαι (prance, preen oneself on), περπατώ κορδωτά, ντεστέκι (post), βαδίζω επιδεικτικώσ, βάδισμα (carriage, gait, pace, tread, walk), γκιοστέκι (brace), σοβαρεύομαι, στοιχείο υπό θλίψη (compression member), σταυρόξυλο (brace), στηρίζω (base, brace, buoy, buttress, rest, shore, substantiate, support, truss, uphold), στυλίδιο (pillar, post, stanchion, stay), στύλος (pillar, style, stylus), στύλοσ (baluster, column, jamb, pillar, post, puncheon, scape, stanchion), παραστάτης (post). (various references)

Hebrew 

ית�" (nail, pale, peg, pin, stake, stud, tack, wedge), ללכת בי�"ירות, לצעו�" בשחצ� ות, תמוכ�" (bulwark, post, prop, support), �"לוך �'אות� י, סמוכ�" (stay, support). (various references)

Hungarian

támasztógerenda (buttress, upright, upright pole), kevély járás, gyámfa (balk, prop, puncheon, shore, stave, upright, upright pole), feszítés (span, strain, straining, stretch, stretching, tension, tug). (various references)

Italian

montante (incoming, jamb, post, uppercut, upright). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

突張り (bar, prop, support, thrust), 突っ張り (bar, prop, support, thrust). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つっぱり (bar, prop, support, thrust). (various references)

Korean 

스트럿. (various references)

Manx

braid, ard-chesmad, ard-cheimnaghey (posture). (various references)

Pig Latin

utstray.(various references)

Portuguese

travação (brace), reforçar com suportes (truss), pavonear-se (coquet, parade, peacock, prance, prank, swagger), montante (flux, sum, total, value), firmar com escoras, esteio de vedação (sprag), escorar (prop, stake, sustain, trig, underpin, underset), escora da asna (post), escora (anchor, bearer, bond, brace, chock, prop, puncheon, spur, stanchion, stay), empavonar-se, coluna (column, header, pillar, post, spine, stoop), biela de reforço, andar empertigado. (various references)

Romanian

stâlp (adherent, backbone, column, pier, pilaster, pillar, pilot, post, prop, pylon, shaft, spile, staff, stake, stanchion, stud, support, supporter, upholder), sprijini (abet, back, bear, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, carry, carry through, countenance, encourage, endorse, forward, ground, help, lean, line up behind, patronize, prop, recline, rest, second, speed, sponsor, stay, strike a blow for, superinduce, support, take up the cudgels for, uphold), umblet ţanţoş, propti (bind, brace, house, prop, shore), mers ţanţoş, merge ţanţoş, flaminaj, barã (balk, bar, gate, ingot, joist, pig, stick). (various references)

Russian 

стойка (cheek, column, dead set, handstand, leg, puncheon, rack, soda fountain, stanchion, stand, standard, stilt, tree, upright), сжатый элемент, гордая поступь, выступать стойка, подпора, подпирать (atlas, back, block, buttress, hold up, prop up, shore, shored, shoring, underlay, underset). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razmetati se (brag, flaunt, vaunt), razmetanje (boast, boasting, braggadocio, ostentation, splurge, vaunt), podupirač (brace, bracket, buttress, shore, spur, stanchion, stay, support, truss, underlay), šepuriti se (peacock, prance, swagger), šepurenje (cockiness, ostentation, peacockery, prance, swagger). (various references)

Spanish

riostra (spreader), puntal (brace, pitprop, prop, puncheon, shore, stanchion). (various references)

Swedish

sträva (aim, aspire, brace, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, strive, toil), stag (guy, stay), stötta (chock, prop, shore, stanchion, stick, truss, underlay, underpin), kråma sig (prance about). (various references)

Turkish

payanda ile desteklemek, payanda (buttress, pier, pillar, pit prop, plank, prop, shore, spur, standard, stock, support), kurumla yürümek, kurumla yürüme (strutting), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), çalımla yürümek, çalım (air, airs, feint, ostentation, pass, side, strutting, swagger, swank, trick). (various references)

Turkmen 

direg (brace, prop). (various references)

Ukrainian

стояк (buttress, pile, prop, riser, stake, stilt, stud), ходити з бундючним виглядом, бундючна хода, підпирати (back, brace, buttress, chock, prop, shore, skid, stake, stanchion, sustain, underlay, underpin, underset). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dáng đi khệnh khạng. (various references)

Welsh

torsythu (swagger). (various references)

ambula, ambulabam, ambulabant, ambulabas, ambulabat, ambulabimus, ambulabis, ambulabit, ambulabo, ambulabunt, ambulamus, ambulando, ambulans, ambulant, ambulante, ambulantem, ambulantes, ambulantibus, ambulantis, ambulare, ambularemus, ambularent, ambulares, ambularet, ambularetis, ambulas, ambulasses, ambulasti, ambulastis, ambulat, ambulate, ambulatis, ambulaverat, ambulaverim, ambulaverint, ambulaveris, ambulaverit, ambulaveritis, ambulavero, ambulaverunt, ambulaveruntque, ambulavi, ambulavimus, ambulavit, ambulavitque, ambulem, ambulemus, ambulent, ambules, ambulet, ambuletis, ambulo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "strut": struthious, struts, strutted, strutter, strutters, strutting. (additional references)

Words containing "strut": mistruth, mistruths. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Strut" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scrut, serut, staut, strat, straty, strent, strift, strot, strtum, stru, struc, strud, strudt, strue, struf, strug, strus, struth, strutt, sturr, stuth, Tsuruo, t'truth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sturt, trust.

-1 letter: rust, ruts, tuts.

-2 letters: rut, tut, uts.

-3 letters: us, ut.

+1 letter: strunt, struts, sturts, thrust, trouts, truest, trusts, trusty, truths, tutors, utters.

+2 letters: butters, curtest, cutters, entrust, gutters, intrust, mutters, nutters, outsert, putters, rotguts, ruttish, scutter, shutter, sputter, startup, stature, stouter, stratum, stratus, strunts, stutter, surtout, thrusts, tourist, touters, truants, trusted, trustee, truster, trustor, tryouts, tufters, turbits, turbots, turista, turrets, turtles, upstart, urtexts.