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 [archaic], swagger, ruffle, prance, sashay [N. Amer], cock

1. A proud stiff pompous gait
   "The show horse performed a perfect strut around the ring";
   - prance, swagger
    
2. Brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
   "The engineer added a strut to reinforce the bridge's support"

Derived forms: strutting, struts, strutted

Type of: brace, bracing, gait, walk

Encyclopedia: Strut