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Definition strut

Etymology 1

From Middle English strouten, struten, from Old English str?tian (“to stand out stiffly, stand out projectingly, exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *str?t?n?, *str?tijan? (“to swell, be puffed up”), from Proto-Indo-European *streud?- (“rigid, stiff”), from *(s)ter- (“strong, firm, stiff, rigid”). Cognate with German strotzen (“to bristle up”), Danish strutte (“to bulge, bristle”), Low German strutt (“stiff”). Compare Old Norse þrútinn (“swollen”), Gothic ????????? (þrutsfill, “leprosy”), Middle High German striuzen (“to bristle, to ruffle”) ( > obsolete German sträußen, now in Alemannic).

Noun

strut (plural struts)

1. Protuberance, air pressure

Verb

strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)

1. (intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.
2. (intransitive, originally said of fowl) To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
3. (intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
5. (transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.

Etymology 2

From Middle English strout, strut, strot, from strouten, struten (“to strut, swell out”). Cognate with Middle High German str?z (“swelling, contention”). See above.

Noun

strut (plural struts)

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

Etymology 3

From a contraction of strutted.

Adjective

strut (comparative more strut, superlative most strut)

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

Etymology 4

Origin obscure, but apparently related to strut above. Cognate with Icelandic strútur (“a hood jutting out like a horn”), Norwegian strut (“spout, nozzle”), Swedish strut (“a paper cornet”), Low German strutt (“stiff, rigid”).

Noun

strut (plural struts)

1. A support rod.
2. An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

Verb

strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)

1. (transitive, construction) 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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