strut one's stuff



strut one's stuff

Behave or perform in an ostentatious manner, show off, as in The skaters were out, strutting their stuff. This expression uses strut in the sense of "display in order to impress others." [Slang; first half of 1900s]
See also: strut, stuff

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CyrilSIR-əl (English), SEER-əl (English), TSI-ril (Czech)English, French, Czech, Slovak
Gu&Eth;Leifr-Ancient Scandinavian
Tarik-Bosnian, Arabic
Alecock['ælikɔk]
Avishai-Hebrew
Elah-Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew