strut
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Etymology 1Edit
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).
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NounEdit
strut (plural struts)
- Protuberance, air pressure
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VerbEdit
strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)
- (intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.
- Dryden
- The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
- Dryden
- (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.
- Shakespeare
- 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.
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- (To walk proudly or haughtily): swagger
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Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English strout, strut, strot, from strouten, struten (“to strut, swell out”). Cognate with Middle High German strūz (“swelling, contention”). See above.
NounEdit
strut (plural struts)
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Etymology 3Edit
From a contraction of strutted.
AdjectiveEdit
strut (comparative more strut, superlative most strut)
- (archaic) Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.
Etymology 4Edit
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”).
NounEdit
strut (plural struts)
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VerbEdit
strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, 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.
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PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ʉːt
NounEdit
strut c
- An object shaped as a hollow, open cone.
- cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream.
- Short for glasstrut.
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of strut | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | strut | struten | strutar | strutarna |
| Genitive | struts | strutens | strutars | strutarnas |