jut

[ juht ]
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verb (used without object),jut·ted, jut·ting.
  1. to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed by out): The narrow strip of land juts out into the bay.

noun
  1. something that juts out; a projecting or protruding point.

Origin of jut

1
First recorded in 1555–65; variant of jet1

Other words from jut

  • jut·ting·ly, adverb
  • outjut, verb (used with object), out·jut·ted, out·jut·ting.

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How to use jut in a sentence

  • Down he shot, a distance of perhaps ten or twelve feet, where he struck on an outjutting ledge about four feet wide, and fell.

    The Dare Boys in Virginia | Stephen Angus Cox
  • He had outjutting, belligerent eyebrows and a stubborn underjaw that was badly undershot.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb
  • But as they climbed around an outjutting corner of the steep right wall of the cleft, Blake muttered a curse of disappointment.

    Into the Primitive | Robert Ames Bennet
  • Geronimo and two other warriors caught Mangus Coloradus as he fell and carried him behind an outjutting shoulder of rock.

    The Story of Geronimo | James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • All unexpectedly he brought us to where, on an outjutting pinnacle of rock, the Archduke had erected a chapel.

    The Fortunate Isles | Mary Stuart Boyd

British Dictionary definitions for jut

jut

/ (dʒʌt) /


verbjuts, jutting or jutted
  1. (intr often foll by out) to stick out or overhang beyond the surface or main part; protrude or project

noun
  1. something that juts out

Origin of jut

1
C16: variant of jet 1

Derived forms of jut

  • jutting, adjective

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