strut

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

strut [strut struts strutted strutting] verb, noun BrE [strʌt] NAmE [strʌt]
verb (-tt-)intransitive
to walk proudly with your head up and chest out to show that you think you are important
•The players strutted and posed for the cameras.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English strūtian ‘protrude stiffly’, of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.
Idiom: ↑strut your stuff
 
noun
1. a long thin piece of wood or metal used to support or make part of a vehicle or building stronger
•wheel struts
•The roof was supported on oak struts.
2. singular (disapproving)an act of walking in a proud and confident way
•She recognized his arrogant strut.

Word Origin:
Old English strūtian ‘protrude stiffly’, of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prance, swagger, tittup, ruffle, sashay, cock