<p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>strutting</li><li>to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the act of strutting</li><li>a strutting walk or gait</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>flourish</li><li>parade</li></ul>