Walk vs. Strut

Walk vs. Strut — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Walk and Strut

Walkverb

(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.

Strutnoun

Protuberance, air pressure

Walkverb

To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.

Strutnoun

A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.

Walkverb

Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.

If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.

Strutnoun

A support rod.

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Walkverb

To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.

Strutnoun

An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

Walkverb

(transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.

I walk two miles to school every day.The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.

Strutverb

(intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.

Walkverb

(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

I walk the dog every morning.Will you walk me home?

Strutverb

To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

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Walkverb

To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

Strutverb

(intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.

He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.

Walkverb

(transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.

Strutverb

To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.

Walkverb

(transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

Strutverb

(transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.

Walkverb

(transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

I walked the streets aimlessly.Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.

Strutverb

To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.

Walkverb

To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.

Strutadjective

(archaic) Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.

Walkverb

To leave, resign.

If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.

Strutnoun

a proud stiff pompous gait

Walkverb

(transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

Strutnoun

brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

Walkverb

To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

Strutverb

to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;

He struts around like a rooster in a hen house

Walkverb

To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.

Walkverb

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

Walkverb

To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.

Walkverb

To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

Walknoun

A trip made by walking.

I take a walk every morning

Walknoun

A distance walked.

It’s a long walk from my house to the library

Walknoun

(sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

Walknoun

A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year

Walknoun

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.

Walknoun

(poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.

Walknoun

(baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone

Walknoun

In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

Walknoun

An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.

Walknoun

(historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.

Walknoun

(historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.

Walknoun

(graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.

Walknoun

(colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

Walknoun

A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

Walknoun

the act of traveling by foot;

walking is a healthy form of exercise

Walknoun

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls;

he worked the pitcher for a base on balls

Walknoun

manner of walking;

he had a funny walk

Walknoun

the act of walking somewhere;

he took a walk after lunch

Walknoun

a path set aside for walking;

after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk

Walknoun

a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground

Walknoun

careers in general;

it happens in all walks of life

Walkverb

use one's feet to advance; advance by steps;

Walk, don't run!We walked instead of drivingShe walks with a slight limpThe patient cannot walk yetWalk over to the cabinet

Walkverb

traverse or cover by walking;

Walk the tightropePaul walked the streets of DamascusShe walks 3 miles every day

Walkverb

accompany or escort;

I'll walk you to your car

Walkverb

obtain a base on balls

Walkverb

live or behave in a specified manner;

walk in sadness

Walkverb

take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure;

The lovers held hands while walkingWe like to walk every Sunday

Walkverb

give a base on balls to

Walkverb

be or act in association with;

We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sistersWalk with God

Walkverb

make walk;

He walks the horse up the mountainWalk the dog twice a day

Walkverb

walk at a pace;

The horsese walked across the meadow