Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   strut

   /strʌt/

   noun

   • 1. a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression: "a supporting strut"
   • 2. a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: "that old confident strut and swagger has returned"

   verb

   • 1. walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait: "peacocks strut through the grounds"
   • 2. brace (something) with a strut or struts: "the holes were close-boarded and strutted"

   Word Origin Old Englishstrūtian ‘protrude stiffly’, of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. strutter noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points