Strut vs. Swagger

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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.

Wikipedia
  • Strut (noun)

    Protuberance, air pressure

  • Strut (noun)

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

  • Strut (noun)

    A support rod.

  • Strut (noun)

    An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

  • Strut (verb)

    To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.

  • Strut (verb)

    To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

  • Strut (verb)

    To walk proudly or haughtily.

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

  • Strut (verb)

    To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.

  • Strut (verb)

    To protrude; cause to bulge.

  • Strut (verb)

    To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.

  • Strut (adjective)

    Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.

  • Swagger (verb)

    To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

  • Swagger (verb)

    To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

  • Swagger (noun)

    Confidence, pride.

  • Swagger (noun)

    A bold or arrogant strut.

  • Swagger (noun)

    A prideful boasting or bragging.

  • Swagger (adjective)

    Fashionable; trendy.

Wiktionary
  • 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”

  • Strut (noun)

    a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

    “that old confident strut and swagger has returned”

  • Strut (verb)

    walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

    “she strutted down the catwalk”

    “peacocks strut through the grounds”

  • Strut (verb)

    brace (something) with a strut or struts

    “the holes were close-boarded and strutted”

Oxford Dictionary

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