• (British) IPA: /stɹʌt/, [stɹɐt]
• (America) IPA: /stɹʌt/

strut (plural struts)

1. Protuberance, air pressure

• French: protubérance
• German: Protuberanz, Luftdruck
• Italian: protuberanza, gonfiore, turgescenza

strut (struts, present participle strutting; past and past participle strutted)

1. (intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.

   • The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.

2. (intransitive, originally said of fowl) To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
   • circa 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii:

     Come unto these yellow sands,

     And then take hands:

     Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd

     The wild waves whist,

     Foot it featly here and there,

     And sweet sprites bear

     The burthen. Hark, hark!

     [Burthen, dispersedly] Bow-wow.

     The watch dogs bark.

     [Burthen, dispersedly] Bow-wow.

     Hark, hark! I hear

     The strain of strutting Chanticleer

     Cry cock a diddle dow.

     [Burthen, dispersedly] Cock a diddle dow.

3. (intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.

   He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.

   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iv]:

     Does he not hold up his head, […] and strut in his gait?

4. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
5. (transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.

• (To walk proudly or haughtily) swagger

• German: sich aufblähen
• Italian: protuberare
• Portuguese: protuberar

• German: stolzieren, sich aufplustern, herumstolzieren
• Italian: camminare impettito

• French: parader, pavaner
• German: stolzieren, paradieren
• Italian: pavoneggiarsi, gongolare
• Portuguese: pavonear
• Russian: ходи́ть с напы́щенный
• Spanish: pavonearse, contonearse

• German: hervorstehen, vorstehen, ausbeulen, herausstehen

strut (plural struts)

1. A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.

• German: Stolzieren, Stratzen
• Italian: andatura solenne, andatura affettata

strut

1. (archaic) Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.

strut (plural struts)

1. A support rod.

   Synonyms: rib

2. An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

• French: étai, support
• German: Strebe
• Italian: puntone, montante
• Portuguese: escora, esteio
• Russian: распо́рка
• Spanish: tornapunta, puntal, riostra

strut (struts, present participle strutting; past and past participle strutted)

1. (transitive, construction) To brace or support by a strut or struts; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.