different between saunter vs strut

English

Etymology

Etymology unclear. Attested in the sense “to stroll” from the 1660s; noun sense “a stroll” attested 1828. Likely from earlier term meaning “to muse”, late 15th century, from Middle English santren, of unknown origin. Competing theories exist:

• From Anglo-Norman sauntrer (mid 14th century), from Middle French s'aventurer (“to take risks”); however this is considered unlikely by the OED. Compare Middle English aunter (“adventure”).
• Of Germanic origin, with proposed cognates including German schlendern, Danish slentre, Swedish släntra, and Icelandic slentr, all meaning “to stroll”.

Various fanciful folk etymologies have also been given.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?nt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??nt?/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?(?)

Verb

saunter (third-person singular simple present saunters, present participle sauntering, simple past and past participle sauntered)

1. To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

   Synonyms: amble, stroll, wander

   • 1858-1880, David Masson, The Life Of John Milton: 1649-1654

     One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.

Translations

Noun

saunter (plural saunters)

1. A leisurely walk or stroll.
2. A leisurely pace.
3. (obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.
   • 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame

     That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Transue, aunters, natuers, natures, sea turn, seruant, tea urns, tea-urns, unrates

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st??t/, [st??t], [st???t]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /st??t/, /st??t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Middle English strouten, struten (“to bulge, swell; to protrude, stick out; to bluster, threaten; to object forcefully; to create a disturbance; to fight; to display one's clothes in a proud or vain manner”) [and other forms], from Old English str?tian (“to project out; stand out stiffly; to exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *str?t?n?, *str?tijan? (“to be puffed up, swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *streud?- (“rigid, stiff”), from *(s)ter- (“firm; strong; rigid, stiff”). The English word is cognate with Danish strutte (“to bulge, bristle”), Low German strutt (“stiff”), Middle High German striuzen (“to bristle; to ruffle”) (modern German strotzen (“to bristle up”), sträußen (obsolete, except in Alemannic)); and compare Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (þrutsfill, “leprosy”), Old Norse þrútinn (“swollen”).

The noun is derived from the verb. Noun sense 2 (“instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff”) appears to be due to a misreading of a 16th-century work which used the word stroout (strouted (“caused (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell; strutted”)).

Verb

strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)

1. (intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
2. (intransitive, by extension, also figuratively) To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.

   Synonym: swagger
3. (transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.
5. (transitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to cause (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell.

   Synonym: distend

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bestrut
• strut one's stuff
• strutting (noun)
• struttingly

Related terms

• strout

Translations

Noun

strut (plural struts)

1. (also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
2. (historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

Translations

Etymology 2

The origin of sense 1 of the noun (“beam or rod providing support”) is unknown; it is probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *str?t?n?, *str?tijan? (“to be puffed up, swell”): see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Icelandic strútur (“hood jutting out like a horn”), Low German strutt (“rigid, stiff”), Norwegian strut (“nozzle, spout”), Swedish strut (“paper cornet”).

The verb is derived from sense 1 of the noun.

Sense 2 of the noun (“act of strutting”) is derived from the verb: see above.

Noun

strut (plural struts)

1. (chiefly construction) A beam or rod providing support.

   Synonym: rib
2. An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.

Translations

Verb

strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)

1. (transitive, chiefly construction, also figuratively) To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
2. (intransitive) To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.

Alternative forms

• stroot, strout (dialectal)

Translations

Etymology 3

Probably an archaic past participle of strut (“to (cause something to) bulge, protrude, or swell”), now replaced by strutted: see etymology 1.

Adjective

strut (comparative more strut, superlative most strut)

1. (obsolete) Swelling out due to being full; bulging, protuberant, swollen.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) Drunk, intoxicated; fou.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:sober

References

Further reading

• strut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sturt, trust

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stryt/

Noun

strut m

1. lard

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

strut c

1. An object shaped as a hollow, open cone.
2. cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream.
3. Short for glasstrut.

Declension

Derived terms

• dumstrut
• glasstrut
• nyfiken i en strut

See also

• kon

Anagrams

• truts

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [st?ut]

Noun

strut (nominative plural struts)

1. (male or female) ostrich

Declension

Derived terms

• histrut
• jistrut