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Strut
A strut is a structural component commonly found in engineering, aeronautics, architecture and anatomy. Struts generally work by resisting longitudinal compression, but they may also serve in tension.
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Strut (noun)
Protuberance, air pressure
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Strut (noun)
A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.
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Strut (noun)
A support rod.
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Strut (noun)
An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
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Strut (verb)
To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.
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Strut (verb)
To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
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Strut (verb)
To walk proudly or haughtily.
“He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.”
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Strut (verb)
To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
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Strut (verb)
To protrude; cause to bulge.
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Strut (verb)
To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.
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Strut (adjective)
Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.
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Swagger (verb)
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
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Swagger (verb)
To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
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Swagger (noun)
Confidence, pride.
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Swagger (noun)
A bold or arrogant strut.
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Swagger (noun)
A prideful boasting or bragging.
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Swagger (adjective)
Fashionable; trendy.
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Strut (noun)
a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression
“a spindly framework of long, slender struts, girders, and bracing wire”
“a supporting strut”
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Strut (noun)
a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait
“that old confident strut and swagger has returned”
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Strut (verb)
walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait
“she strutted down the catwalk”
“peacocks strut through the grounds”
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Strut (verb)
brace (something) with a strut or struts
“the holes were close-boarded and strutted”