jut

[ juht ]

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verb (used without object),jut·ted, jut·ting.

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

something that juts out; a projecting or protruding point.

Origin of jut

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

On one of my last evenings in Beirut, I went to a beach party at the Sporting club, at the tip of the city that juts into the sea.
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His hair is a thinning silver brillo pad, and his belly juts forward from beneath his suit jacket.
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One of these companies is building a luxury complex on the gorgeous Lustica Peninsula, which juts out into the pristine Adriatic.
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Each of the large works juts about a foot out from the wall, boxed in by glass.
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In Central California a little peninsula juts out from the main land, a great harbor is on one side, a great ocean on the other.
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To tell a live Shrimp from a Prawn, look at the long pointed beak which juts out from the front of the head.
On the Seashore | R. Cadwallader Smith
There are no more ledges and this one juts out so far that even if there were smaller ones beneath we could not get to them.
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The citadel crowns a headland, three hundred feet high, that juts boldly out into the St Lawrence.
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The direction of the front-line trenches was so inclined with bends, juts, and angles as to give flanking fire upon attackers.
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British Dictionary definitions for jut

jut

/ (dʒʌt) /

verbjuts, jutting or jutted

(intr often foll by out) to stick out or overhang beyond the surface or main part; protrude or project

noun

something that juts out

Origin of jut

C16: variant of jet 1

Derived forms of jut

jutting, adjective

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