Strut

What do we mean by strut?

To walk with pompous bearing; swagger. intransitive verb

To display in order to impress others. Sometimes used with out. intransitive verb

To provide (a structure) with a strut or struts. intransitive verb

To brace or separate with a strut. intransitive verb

A pompous, self-important gait. noun

A structural element used to brace or strengthen a framework by resisting stress or compression. noun

(strut (one's) stuff) To behave or perform in an ostentatious manner; show off. idiom

A brace or support for the reception of direct thrust, pressure, or weight in construction; any piece of wood or iron, or other member of a structure, designed to support a part or parts by pressure in the direction of its length, struts may be either upright, diagonal, or horizontal. noun

In iron ship-building, a cast-steel or forged-iron support under water on each side at the stern of a twin-screw vessel close to the propeller. The strut usually has two arms resembling a V turned sidewise. At the apex of the V is a hub which contains a bearing through which the propeller-shaft passes, immediately abaft of which is the screw-propeller. The inner ends of the arms of the strut are riveted to the outside plating, or pass through it and are secured to the framing in the interior of the vessel. Also called shaft-strut and shaft-bracket. noun

A condition (described in the quotation) of a freshly cut tobacco-plant, resulting from exposure to rain. noun

To brace or support by a strut or struts, in construction of any kind; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.

Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.

A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking. noun

Stubbornness; obstinacy. noun

Dispute; contention: strife. noun

To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.

To stand or walk stiffly with the tail erect and spread, as the peacock, the turkey, and various other birds.

To walk with a pompous gait and erect head, as from pride or affected dignity.

To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.

Protuberance, air pressure

Words that are spelled similarly to strut:
strut, stout, strum, struct, strat, strout, strunt, astrut, stut, strub, stru, trut, strt, strutt, staut, sprut, srut, struc.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word strut:
oleo, braced, foramina, struts, absorber, faired, spar, bracing, fuselage, inboard, brace, wishbone, spars, foramen, torsion, undercarriage, suspension, camber, retraction, hinged, braces, axle, pylon, girder, rudder, stabilizer, flaps, monoplane, coil, stuff, brakes, trailing, rear, funky, steering, tapered, aft, retracted, cockpit, shocks, underside, adjustable, sprung, fin, wheels, mounting, setup, shock, wing, chord, openings, fabric, inverted, compression, attachment, aluminum, gear, wheel, loads, skull, brake, mounted, float, hydraulic, propeller, chassis, enclosed, lotus, fitted, incidence, tires, rectangular, balanced, span, rigid, aluminium, structural, beam, wings, optional, nose, front, vertical, vowel, drag, lower, tail, trim, rod, handling, lateral, tips, landing, attached, arm, radius, upper, reinforced, tube, bone.

Words that rhyme with strut:
cut, that, nut, but, what, butt, shut, gut, undercut, abut, rut, smut, glut, robot, haute, chestnut, slut, hut, rebut, somewhat, walnut, donut, mutt, shortcut, tut, peanut, doughnut, scuttlebutt, coconut, haircut, jut, sprit, netiquette, putt, hazelnut, uncut, clearcut, tutt, turbot, all but, phut, knut, scrit, groundnut, wing nut, qubit, kut, gutt, skutt, hutt, betel nut, monkey nut, nutt, horse chestnut, macadamia nut, brazil nut, crew cut, rutt, water butt, dutt, water chestnut, pine nut, nissen hut, scutt, jump cut, chesnut, fingerhut, chesnutt, green smut, hickory nut, pistachio nut, cashew nut, schutt, stinking smut, black walnut, cola nut, pay cut, mcnutt, schutte, english walnut, jelly doughnut, blind gut, false smut, queensland nut, ivory nut, satin walnut, boil smut, chinese chestnut, american chestnut, apple nut, sweet chestnut, taxcut, wackenhut, white walnut, american sweet chestnut, liver chestnut, chinese water chestnut, rifle butt, rush nut, cigarette butt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe strut:
vertical, horizontal, single, diagonal, front, short, optic, long, wooden, main, rear, central, lower, ended, top, upper, bony, concrete, inclined, columellar, shaped, anterior, lateral, oleo, better, streamlined, proud, portal, right, simple, left, curved, cortical, cartilaginous, military, cocky, pompous, jointed, rigid, slender, compressive, thin, forward, outer, bottom, longitudinal, solid, cross, straight, telescopic, sensual, formal, arrogant, tubular, dorsal, additional, gobbler, medial, slow, extra, gear, broken, fibular, confident, inferior, active, double, starboard, peculiar, posterior, uniform, cylindrical, equivalent, typical, hydraulic, septal, temporary, bent, stately, exaggerated, stiff, dignified, slight, piece, sub.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective strut:
tie, harald, grids, harold, system, type, grafting, truss, suspension, systems, simplexes, fracture, model, wheel, roof, tower, design, assembly, module, stent, gear, devices, beams, nuts, modules, lure, construction, structure, girders, trusses.

Consonant match to strut:
street, straight, strait, st, strat, straught, strout, strite, strate, streit, streight, stroot, streett.

Words that sound like strut:
strut, street, straight, strait, st, strat, streett, strate, streight, straught, strout, strite, streit, st., stroot, strid, stride, steroid, strayed, strode, stra, struts, stroud, struct, strt, sturt, strutter, stut, strewed, strad, streed, seurat, strude, stert, stirt, surratt, strunt, strawed, strowed, steroide, sarat, stressed, stretch, strict, strenght, stretched, stripped, stet, stretto, stitt, strept, siret, strich, sarit, starrett, stript, surette, sterrett, suret, syrette, stretta, state, stout, stat, stirred, stirrup, steet, stoat, stad, sperate, stod, srat, stott, serrate, stot, citrate, steat, statt, stoute, stote, stare at, stir up, cerate, stoot, staat, staut, sea trout, sarratt, see right, serat, sarod, sterned, set right, skirret, attrit, cered, searight, seawright, sea rat, stare out.