Synonyms of the word

strut

• v. (intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.
• v. (intransitive, originally said of fowl) To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
• v. (intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
• v. (transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.
• n. A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.
• adj. (archaic) Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.
• n. A support rod.
• v. (transitive, construction) To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an…

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

bracing

• v. present participle of brace.
• adj. Invigorating or stimulating.
• n. A brace.
• n. (US) A form of the military attention stance.

cock

• n. A male bird, especially.
• n. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
• n. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
• n. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
• n. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
• n. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
• n. (Britain, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
• n. (informal, Britain, Tasmania) Term of address.
• n. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
• n. (informal) shuttlecock.
• n. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
• n. (dated, humorous) A chief man; a leader or master.
• n. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
• n. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
• n. The indicator of a balance.
• n. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to…
• v. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
• v. (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
• v. (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
• v. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision…
• v. (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children).
• interj. (slang) Expression of annoyance.
• n. (dated in the Southern US, still sometimes found in African American Vernacular) Vulva, vagina.
• n. A small conical pile of hay.
• v. (transitive) To form into piles.
• n. Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
• p.n. (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.

gait

• n. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
• n. (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
• v. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

prance

• n. (uncommon) The act of prancing.
• v. (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
• v. (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about.

ruffle

• n. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
• n. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
• n. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
• n. (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine…
• v. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
• v. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
• v. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
• v. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
• v. (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
• v. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
• v. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
• v. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
• v. To throw together in a disorderly manner.

sashay

• n. A chassé.
• n. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
• v. (intransitive) To walk casually or showily; to strut, swagger or flounce.
• v. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing.
• v. (intransitive) To move sideways.

swagger

• v. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
• v. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
• n. Confidence, pride.
• n. A bold or arrogant strut.
• n. A prideful boasting or bragging.
• n. (Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman.

tittup

• n. A caper, or canter.
• v. (intransitive) To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily.

walk

• v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
• v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
• v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
• v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
• v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
• v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
• v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
• v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
• v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
• v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
• v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
• v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
• v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
• n. A trip made by walking.
• n. A distance walked.
• n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
• n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
• n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
• n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
• n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
• n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
• n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
• n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
• n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
• n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.