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1. A proud stiff pompous gait
   - prance, swagger
    
2. Brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

1. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
   "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house";
   - tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, sashay [N. Amer], cock

Derived forms: struts, strutted, strutting

Type of: brace, bracing, gait, walk

Encyclopedia: Strut