Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - strut
Strut
strut
n. & v. --n. 1 a bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression. 2 a strutting gait. --v. (strutted, strutting) 1 intr. walk with a pompous or affected stiff erect gait. 2 tr. brace with a strut or struts. Derivatives strutter n. struttingly adv. Etymology: ME 'bulge, swell, strive', earlier stroute f. OE strutian be rigid (?)
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I. verb (~ted; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English strouten, from Old English strūtian to stand out stiffly, struggle; akin to Middle High German strozzen to be swollen Date: 13th century intransitive verb to become turgid ; swell, 2. to walk with a proud gait, to walk with a pompous and affected air, transitive verb to parade (as clothes) with a show of pride, ~ter noun II. noun Date: 1587 a structural piece designed to resist pressure in the direction of its length, a pompous step or walk, arrogant behavior ; swagger, III. transitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: circa 1828 to provide, stiffen, support, or hold apart with or as if with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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