strut

strut is a   Verb

Definition:

[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.

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