Strutting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who struts.

    "When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of strut form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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bouncepeacockystrutswaggerswaggeringswank

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"The cat was strutting around the yard, when it suddenly ran into the house."

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