strut

1. 1.

   a proud stiff pompous gait

   Synonymspranceswagger

   Broadergait
2. 2.

   brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

   Broaderbrace

1. 1.

   to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

   “He struts around like a rooster in a hen house”

   Synonymstittupswaggerruffleprancesashaycock

   Broaderwalk

Other forms of strut

plural

struts·

past tense or participle

strutted

present participle

strutting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strut

What does strut mean?

strut means "a proud stiff pompous gait". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in strut?

strut has 1 syllable: strut. In IPA it is /ˈstɹʌt/.

What is another word for strut?

Close synonyms include prance, swagger, tittup, swagger, ruffle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strut a common word?

strut is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.