strut

IPA: strˈʌt

(also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
(historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
(chiefly construction) A beam or rod providing support.
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.

(intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
(intransitive, by extension, also figuratively) To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
(transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.
(transitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to cause (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell.
(transitive, chiefly construction, also figuratively) To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
(intransitive) To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.

Examples of "strut" in Sentences

The soundtrack to your strut is the catchy and hypnotic sound of the driving game
A strut is a structural load carrying element which transfers loads between two points.
Puffed up in strut, a gobbler presents an inviting target, but the vital area is only the size of your fist.
This may well, I grant you, be an inequality that deserves to bechallenged — but apeing the swaggering male strut is not the way to go about it.
"Like with Kara, for example, we wrote 'Strut' together with Greg Wells, and the idea of strut was actually her concept," Lambert told MTV News.
The US is our closest and only meaningful ally, the main strut of international security and the power that has, in the last resort been our friend.
To-night, proud as was the part of the Prince as regal Harry, his strut was a shamble compared with the imperious stalk of von Chronicle as the arrogant and ambitious Wolsey.
In place of the regular, inverted 'L'-shaped lower suspension mount, RevoKnuckle features a' C'-shaped mount, connected to both the wheel hub, via two arms and to the strut, which is attached at its top.
The noble bird, now certain of success, fairly dances with delight; he starts forward, his feathers and neck amorously playing as he advances; now he commences his "strut" - his slender body swells, the beautiful plumage of his breast Infolds itself - his neck curves, drawing the neck downward - the wattles grow scarlet, while the skin that covers the head changes like rainbow tints.