strut
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌt
Etymology 1
From Middle English strouten, struten, from Old English strūtian (“to stand out stiffly, stand out projectingly, exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *strūtōną, *strūtijaną (“to swell, be puffed up”), from Proto-Indo-European *streudʰ- (“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 𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻 (þrutsfill, “leprosy”), Middle High German striuzen (“to bristle, to ruffle”) ( > obsolete German sträußen, now in Alemannic).
Alternative forms
Noun
strut (plural struts)
- Protuberance, air pressure
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Verb
strut (third-person singular simple present strutt, present participle ing, simple past and past participle strutted)
- (intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (intransitive, originally said of fowl) To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- Come unto these yellow sands,
- And then take hands:
- Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd
- The wild waves whist,
- Foot it featly here and there,
- And sweet sprites bear
- The burthen. Hark, hark!
- [Burthen, dispersedly] Bow-wow.
- The watch dogs bark.
- [Burthen, dispersedly] Bow-wow.
- Hark, hark! I hear
- The strain of strutting Chanticleer
- Cry cock a diddle dow.
- [Burthen, dispersedly] Cock a diddle dow.
- c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- (intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.
- He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Does he not hold up his head, […] and strut in his gait?
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
- (transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.
Synonyms
- (To walk proudly or haughtily): swagger
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English strout, strut, strot, from strouten, struten (“to strut, swell out”). Cognate with Middle High German strūz (“swelling, contention”). See above.
Noun
strut (plural struts)
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Etymology 3
From a contraction of strutted.
Adjective
strut (comparative more strut, superlative most strut)
- (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)
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Verb
strut (third-person singular simple present strutt, present participle ing, simple past and past participle strutted)
- (transitive, construction) To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.
Anagrams
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːt
Noun
strut c
- An object shaped as a hollow, open cone.
- cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream.
- Short for glasstrut.
Declension
Declension of strut | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | strut | struten | strutar | strutarna |
Genitive | struts | strutens | strutars | strutarnas |
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
strut (nominative plural struts)
- (male or female) ostrich
Declension
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- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ʌt
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- Requests for date/Dryden
- Requests for date/Shakespeare
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English adjectives
- English terms with archaic senses
- en:Construction
- en:Gaits
- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːt
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns
- vo:Animals