jut
/d͡ʒʌt/ verb, noun
Also a form of jat
Forms juts jutting jutted
- verb (intransitive) To stick out. “the jutting part of a building”
- verb (obsolete) To butt.
- noun Something that sticks out.
Synonyms
protrude outcrop protrusion bulge bump hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness prominence protuberance extrusion excrescence projection jutting stick out jut out project
Etymology
From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building. "In jutting rock and curved shore." Wordsworth.
- verb To butt. [Obs.] "The jutting steer." Mason.
- noun That which projects or juts; a projection.
- noun A shove; a push. [Obs.] Udall.
Etymology [A corruption of jet.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “jut”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details