strut one's stuff

English

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.
   • 1983, Gordon Gano (lyrics and music), “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:

     When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out

Translations

behave in a showy manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大显身手 (zh) (dàxiǎnshēnshǒu)

• Finnish: kukkoilla, kekkaloida
• French: pavaner (fr)
• Romanian: împăuna (ro)
• Spanish: taquillar (es) (Chile), lucir palmito (colloquial, of a woman's figure)