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Jut

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /d͡ʒʌt/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Jut is a verb meaning (intransitive) To stick out.

Meaning

(intransitive) To stick out.

More Meanings

  1. Something that sticks out.
  2. (obsolete) To butt.

Example Sentences

the jutting part of a building
1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer
1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.

Word Forms

Synonyms for jut

Depending on context, synonyms include protrude, outcrop, protrusion, bulge, prominence, hump.

protrudeoutcropprotrusionbulgeprominencehumpprojectionjuttingexcrescenceprotuberanceextrusiongibbositygibbousnessbump

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include protrusion, projection, bump, protuberance, bulge, hump.

protrusionprojectionbumpprotuberancebulgehumpgibbositygibbousnessprominenceextrusionexcrescenceprojectjettyoutjutjuttystrutprotrude

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