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[ struht-ing ] / ˈstrʌt ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR strutting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewalking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous. Origin of struttingMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at strut1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM struttingstrut·ting·ly, adverbWords nearby struttingstrunt, strut, Struthers, struthious, strut one's stuff, strutting, Struve, strychnic, strychnine, strychninism, Stryker frame Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for struttingFrom Anna Wintour to Rita Ora to Claire Danes, stars are strutting their stuff in red this season. Scarlet Is the New Black|Raquel Laneri|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Paul, strutting across the stage with a wireless microphone and wearing blue jeans, hit almost every other note. Rand Paul’s Bizarre Bowe Bergdahl Joke|Ben Jacobs|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST When Rita Ora relieved Zac Efron of his shirt at the MTV Movie Awards, his apparent surprise shifted quickly to strutting. Zac Efron’s Eyes Are Up Here, Ladies|Tim Teeman|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST And maybe that video of George W. Bush strutting around on an aircraft carrier in his flight suit. Want To Know What America Thinks of Itself? Watch Jack Ryan on Wall Street|Andrew Romano|January 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There he found a street full of young kids he recognized, their hoodies up, strutting round a burning car. A Tinderbox Waiting for a Match|Gavin Knight|August 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST "Yes, I am one of the dwellers in the happy garden," answered the Peacock, strutting. The Curious Book of Birds|Abbie Farwell Brown Were big boys now, declared Willie, strutting like the young bantam he was. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm|Alice B. Emerson They wouldn't be a strutting up Broadway and a showing themselves for nothing much longer, I can tell them that! Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,|Ann S. Stephens "I am sorry for it," said he, strutting about; and with a boasting air he took out his money. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales|Hannah More Then his strutting waxes feeble for a while, but he soon rebounds and rises higher than before. Knut Hamsun|Hanna Astrup Larsen
Words related to struttingsashay, swagger, stalk, prance, stride, swank, parade, sweep, mince, grandstand, flaunt, flounce, peacock, show off, put on airs |