Strut \Strut\, n. [For senses 2 & 3 cf. LG. strutt rigid.] 1. The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
2. (Arch.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See {Brace}, and Illust. of {Frame}, and {Roof}.
3. (Engin.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
Strut \Strut\, v. t. To hold apart. Cf. {Strut}, n., 3.
Strut \Strut\, a. Protuberant. [Obs.] --Holland.
Strut \Strut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strutting}.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.]
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden.
2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak.
Giggling hordes of children raced to find Easter eggs Sunday, a day that drew millions of Americans to church services, and for some it was a day to welcome spring with a day in the park or a strut down the avenue.
To strut a part in doublet and hose is demanding enough.
Talone said the wires, which run down the landing gear strut, apparently got tangled and yanked the circuit board out when the gear came down.
There was only one hitch in the countdown: a short in a heater cable in a strut that connects the shuttle to its huge fuel tank. The heater prevents ice from forming on the strut when the tank is filled with supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
There was only one hitch in the countdown: a short in a heater cable in a strut that connects the shuttle to its huge fuel tank. The heater prevents ice from forming on the strut when the tank is filled with supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
The other problem is the cracked strut that was found among stored parts.
When Pat Robertson's campaign bus pulls into shopping malls, the driver turns on his tapes of John Philip Sousa marches and passers-by strut on the sidewalks.
Of course, it's foliage, not plumage that Wilbir shows off, and he can't strut around because he's a peat sculpture.
Until now, scientists had assumed that the bone was simply a strut between the bird's shoulders.
We should expand our business here and take advantage of opportunities, but we shouldn't strut and spread money."
If Rio is simply a breast-beating session or a stage on which politicians may strut, it is doomed to failure and our planet with it. The context in which the conference takes place is not promising.
Curvaceous women in scarlet lipstick and dental floss bikinis strut along the shore.
Street performers strut in silver Robocop costumes, ambling musicians and kids selling roses compete for attention and francs along the sidewalks.
The alliance forms a central strut in its global strategy and its collapse would badly tarnish its expansion plans.
The powertrain has its own subframe to help reduce vibration and noise, and new independent front and rear strut suspension kept the ride from being punishing.
Wilson's cast bop and strut and beat out the mesmeric rhythms in husky tempting voices.
No co-stars demanding he watch them strut their stuff.
"But it will teach us to stand up to history, to ignore its chin-out strut.
But the report did disclose that NASA recently found a crack in the strut of a booster rocket that is in storage for use on a future shuttle flight.