strut

strut

1. To display in order to impress others. Sometimes used with out: Don't strut out your resume until you have more accomplishments to list.
2. a. To provide (a structure) with a strut or struts.
   b. To brace or separate with or as if with a strut.

1. A pompous, self-important gait.
2. A structural element used to brace or strengthen a framework by resisting longitudinal compression.

Origin: Middle English strouten, to stand out, from Old English strūtian, to stand out stiffly; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

• strutter strutˈter noun

• strutˈting·ly adverb