Jut

//d͡ʒʌt// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that sticks out.

    "1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition). The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland."

  2. 2
    the act of projecting out from something wordnet
  3. 3
    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To stick out. intransitive

    "the jutting part of a building"

  2. 2
    extend out or project in space wordnet
  3. 3
    To butt. obsolete

    "1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of Jat. alt-of, dated

Synonyms

All synonyms
bulgeprotrudeprotrusionprotrusionstick outarch

Example

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"Carve it so that the tip will jut out from the wall."

Etymology

From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.

Related phrases

jaw-juttingjut outjut-jawed

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