strut
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See also struţ
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- Rhymes: -ʌt
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[edit] Noun
strut (plural struts)
- A support rod.
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a support rod
[edit] Etymology 2
Cognate with German strotzen (“to bristle up”), Danish strutte (“to bulge, bristle”). Compare Old Norse þrútinn (“swollen”), Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻 (þrutsfill, “leprosy”), Middle High German striuzen (“to bristle, to ruffle”) ( > obsolete German sträußen, now in Alemannic)
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strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)
- (intransitive) to bulge out
- (intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.
- He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.
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to walk proudly or haughtily
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strut c.
- An object shaped as a hollow, open cone.
- cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream.
- Short for glasstrut.
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Declension of strut
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[edit] Volapük
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[edit] Noun
strut (plural struts)
- (male or female) ostrich
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declension of strut
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Terms derived from strut
