Stut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Stut is a verb meaning (Scotland, Northern England, transitive) To support, prop up.
Meaning
(Scotland, Northern England, transitive) To support, prop up.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, Northern England) A support.
- (obsolete) To stutter.
Example Sentences
These stuts buckled.
When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.
Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke; Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat thycke: Her felow did stammer and stut
Word Forms
- stuts
- stutting
- stutted
- stutt
- stuit
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include statuminate, prop, stay, stead, underset, maintain.
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