MEANING
1. To walk with a conspicuously proud or self-important bearing.
2. A brace or supporting member, often resisting compression.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- strut across a stage
- strut through a crowd
On the page
He strutted across the stage before the curtain had settled.
She watched him strut through the crowd that had ignored his warning.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- strut
- Past tense
- strutted
- Past participle
- strutted
- Present participle
- strutting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- strut
- Present continuous
- am/is/are strutting
- Present perfect
- have/has strutted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been strutting
- Past
- strutted
- Past continuous
- was/were strutting
- Past perfect
- had strutted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been strutting
- Future
- will strut
- Future continuous
- will be strutting
- Future perfect
- will have strutted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been strutting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: strut; struts; strutted; strutted; strutting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: struts.
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