strut

Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.intransitive

• Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.
• The pheasant strutteth about in the midst of flowers; / The turtle-dove cooeth, and the nightingale warbleth from the cypress.

To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.alsobroadlyfiguratively

• He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.

To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.broadlytransitive

• The frantic father struts the stage, / And swells with true sublimity of rage / Against his son, who leads a wanton life, / And scorns the offer of a dowried wife.
• Still garbed in notions wont to gird / Minds in the reign of George the Third, / He strutteth an embodied tameness / In a sober suit of sameness.

Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.intransitiveobsolete

• The Pow'r appeas'd, with winds ſuffic'd the ſail, / The bellying canvas ſtrutted with the gale; [...]
• [T]hey cut the tree where they see the bark to be fullest of liquor, and whereas they perceive it to be thinnest and strut out most. [Quoting Philemon Holland's translation of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, book XII, chapter 14.]

Often followed by out: to cause (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell.obsoletetransitive

• [H]e gains the glitt'ring prize, / And ſtruts the gaudy food of gazing eyes, / A thing—that oft his Footmen may deſpiſe.

A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.alsofiguratively

• Putting on his hat, and thrusting both hands into the pockets of his trousers, he marched with a nonchalant strut out of the room, [...]

An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.historical

A beam or rod providing support.

• This alteration will obviate the necessity for the injudicious iron struts which are now introduced between the backs of the columns and the face of the pilasters, and which, in a practical point of view, afford little or no advantage, exce
• Replacing and Aligining Wing-tip Float Struts. Loosen the brace wires and stagger wires on the wing-tip float. Remove the bolts or pins from the strut fittings, both on the float and on the wing surface; then lift the strut out. Carefully r

An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.

To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.alsofigurativelytransitive

• Masonry flying arches strutting the retaining walls in Chorley cutting, Manchester-Blackpool line, L.M.S.R.

To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.intransitive

Swelling out due to being full; bulging, protuberant, swollen.obsolete

Drunk, intoxicated; fou.Scotlandobsolete