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as in prancing
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the cat strutted proudly onto the porch with a bird in its mouth
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as in displaying
to present so as to invite notice or attention
strutting his blue ribbon for all to see
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Recent Examples of strutting
Portraying the ghost of Hamlet’s father at the play’s debut, his face and body covered in chalky white paint, his Shakespeare steps through the looking glass and becomes his own tragic player, strutting and fretting his hour upon the stage.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Anyier Anei is Ada, a newbie model from South Sudan by way of Kenya, wide-eyed and hungry as she’s tossed into a maelstrom of haughty men and clubgoing sisters in strutting.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Then, Countess Luann posted a video of her, Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, and Sonja Tremont Morgan of the Sun Bum Face Stick Morgans, strutting their stuff together in the Hamptons.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Birthday or not, Lakshmi is known for strutting her stuff.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In 2022, Rose, then 19 years old, stole the show in Canada’s 2-1 victory over Australia, keeping Kerr quiet and strutting her playmaking abilities by creating Adriana Leon’s winner.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
The microphone has been used by everyone from the stadium-strutting rock gods to MCs at local community centers.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Hill was first caught on camera by TMZ in the early hours of Thursday morning, strutting down a near-empty Ventura Boulevard, wearing nothing but underwear and a pair of white cowboy boots.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
In the footage shared by TMZ, Lil Nas X is seen strutting down an empty street in white underwear and a matching cowboy hat.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Anyier Anei is Ada, a newbie model from South Sudan by way of Kenya, wide-eyed and hungry as she’s tossed into a maelstrom of haughty men and clubgoing sisters in strutting.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Then, Countess Luann posted a video of her, Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, and Sonja Tremont Morgan of the Sun Bum Face Stick Morgans, strutting their stuff together in the Hamptons.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Birthday or not, Lakshmi is known for strutting her stuff.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In 2022, Rose, then 19 years old, stole the show in Canada’s 2-1 victory over Australia, keeping Kerr quiet and strutting her playmaking abilities by creating Adriana Leon’s winner.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
The microphone has been used by everyone from the stadium-strutting rock gods to MCs at local community centers.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Hill was first caught on camera by TMZ in the early hours of Thursday morning, strutting down a near-empty Ventura Boulevard, wearing nothing but underwear and a pair of white cowboy boots.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
In the footage shared by TMZ, Lil Nas X is seen strutting down an empty street in white underwear and a matching cowboy hat.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strutting
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These systems, mounted on school buses, use high-definition cameras to detect vehicles that illegally pass when the school bus is stopped and displaying stop signals.—
BusPatrol - A Mission-Driven Organization,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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The platform will switch to displaying weekly active visitors.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The documentary, released in September 2025, chronicled the twisty true crime tale of a teenage couple who endured two years of cyberbullying, stalking and harassment from an unknown number.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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According to Today, Kendra was charged with two counts of stalking a minor, two counts of communicating with another to commit a crime and one count of obstruction of justice.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
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Yamaha will be exhibiting its two new models at the upcoming SoCal CanJam headphone enthusiast show, which is on from September 13-14, at the Irvine Marriott in Irvine, California.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Acutis’ site reported incidents of the host – the bread used in the rite – beginning to bleed or even exhibiting living tissue.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Daedone, using the hashtags #ErosOnTrial, #EroticJustice, #liberation, and #womenspower, frequently posted on Instagram, showing pictures and slow-motion videos of herself and Cherwitz, often flanked by female OneTaste supporters, striding into the courthouse.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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He was also filmed confidently striding up to a group of several other dogs, engaging all of them in a game of chase in the water.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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The first photo in the carousel showed Brooks posing with her arms wrapped around her husband-to-be, flashing her ring as the couple posed for the camera in the black-and-white shot.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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With the flashing beacon crosswalk no longer a choice, one option would be to install a radar speed sign.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Oscar Isaac‘s Victor Frankenstein is part 18th-century dandy and part swaggering Swinging Sixties rock star, as if Lord Byron had been genetically spliced with Brian Jones.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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With his deathly pallor and Byronic charm, Stamp was perfect as the self-destructive, swaggering scoundrel who is haunted by visions of a spectral little girl.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Reporters noted that the robot stopped smoothly after the race, showing no signs of fatigue.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Camera app has been streamlined for simplicity, with just two options, Video and Photo, showing initially.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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RuPaul Charles is sashaying to the big screen with the first feature film from the RuPaul’s Drag Race universe.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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RuPaul’s Drag Race is sashaying to the big screen with a camp runaway train thriller as the MTV drag queen competition series continues to expand its storytelling universe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Strutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strutting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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