Meanings
present singular third person struts one's stuff · participle present strutting one's stuff · participle past strutted one's stuff · past strutted one's stuff
- idiomaticintransitiveTo behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.
When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out
1983, Gordon Gano, “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent FemmesSynonyms: cut a wide swath, fluff one's feathers, preen, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 大显身手
- 大显身手 (dàxiǎnshēnshǒu)behave in a showy manner
Finnish kukkoilla, kekkaloida
- kukkoillabehave in a showy manner
- kekkaloidabehave in a showy manner
French pavaner
- pavanerbehave in a showy manner
Romanian împăuna
- împăunabehave in a showy manner
Spanish taquillar, lucir palmito
- taquillarbehave in a showy manner
- lucir palmitobehave in a showy manner
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strut one's stuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strut%20one's%20stuff
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