Phrase guide

strut one's stuff

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cut a wide swath, fluff one's feathers, preen, aura farm, boulevardier, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flaunt, flex, floss, gallery, high-side, let one's nuts hang, ostent, ostentate, showboat, show away, show off, strut, strut one's stuff, stunt, swag it out, swagger, swank, three-sheet, venditate, yaya

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 大显身手 (dàxiǎnshēnshǒu) — behave in a showy manner
  • Finnish: kukkoilla — behave in a showy manner
  • Finnish: kekkaloida — behave in a showy manner
  • French: pavaner — behave in a showy manner
  • Romanian: împăuna — behave in a showy manner
  • Spanish: taquillar — behave in a showy manner
  • Spanish: lucir palmito — behave in a showy manner