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Jut

//d͡ʒʌt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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