jut
verb (used without object)
to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed byout ).
jutted
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past participleof jut.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof jut.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
jutverb (used without object)to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed byout ).
Example Sentences
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The ferry had tilted backwards, its stern sinking into the sea bed while its bow jutted into the sky like a blade.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Vaughan was evacuated from Gaza last month, bidding goodbye to colleagues and patients who were so malnourished their bones jutted from their skin like tent poles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025
Two more horns jutted out from above its eyes.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2024
As the crowd roared and rose for an ovation to celebrate the feat, Alcaraz raised his left hand and briefly jutted his index finger into the “No. 1” gesture.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
The boys follow his pointing finger across the jutted rooftops where fireworks explode—blue red yellow white—a thousand points of brilliant light.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
