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strut

See also: struț

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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 Proto-Indo-European *(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)

  1. Protuberance, air pressure

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VerbEdit

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.
    • Dryden
      The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
  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.
    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?
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
  5. (transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.
SynonymsEdit
  • (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)

  1. A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.
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Etymology 3Edit

From a contraction of strutted.

AdjectiveEdit

strut (comparative more strut, superlative most strut)

  1. (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)

 
Strut supporting a plane's wing
  1. A support rod.
  2. An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
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VerbEdit

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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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

strut c

  1. An object shaped as a hollow, open cone.
  2. cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream.
  3. Short for glasstrut.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of strut 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative strut struten strutar strutarna
Genitive struts strutens strutars strutarnas

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VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

strut (plural struts)

  1. (male or female) ostrich

DeclensionEdit

declension of strut
singular plural
nominative strut struts
genitive struta strutas
dative strute strutes
accusative struti strutis
vocative 1 o strut! o struts!
predicative 2 strutu strutus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

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