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# strut

«strut» in Mova's school dictionary: **to walk in a proud, stiff way, with your chest out and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (strut, struts, strutted, strutting); noun (a strut, struts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To strut is to walk in a proud, stiff way, with your chest out and head up, to show off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#m1)

2) A strut is a bar or rod that holds up or strengthens part of a structure, like a bridge, a roof or an aircraft wing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#m2)

3) «Strut your stuff» (informal) means to show off what you can do, especially when dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories strutting shows that a character is proud or showing off, like a rooster. In design and technology, struts are bars in a frame; a strut pushes apart, while a tie pulls together. Phrases: «strut about/around», «strut your stuff».

### examples

- The rooster strutted across the farmyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x1)
- He strutted into class wearing his new trainers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x2)
- The peacock strutted and spread its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x3)
- We used straws as struts to make our tower stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x4)
- The bridge is held up by steel struts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x5)
- The old plane had wooden struts between its wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x6)
- Get on the dance floor and strut your stuff! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x7)
- She strutted around after winning the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x8)
- They said, "See how that fellow struts at the head of his little flock!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/#x9)

### note

Doubling the «t»: strutted, strutting. «Strut» as walking usually sounds a bit negative (too proud). Do not confuse with «stutter» (to repeat sounds when speaking).

### In the corpora

- [Snap a chicken bone from Sunday dinner and it is hollow, with thin struts inside like a bridge, light but strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/2/)
- [Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/6/)
- [Toad struts along the high road, miles from home, singing his own praises: brain has beaten brute force!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/0/)
- [Adding a diagonal strut to a square frame divides it into two triangles and makes it rigid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/86-building-strong-things/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.