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jut

/d͡ʒʌt/

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Northern England/d͡ʒʊt/

jut verb: to stick out.

Verb

jut (third-person singular simple present juts, present participle jutting, simple past and past participle jutted)

  1. (intransitive) To stick out.
    • the jutting part of a building
    • It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey
    Synonyms:
    protrude
  2. (obsolete) To butt.
    • the jutting steer1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden

Noun

jut (plural juts)

  1. Something that sticks out.
    • The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition).
    Synonyms:
    outcrop, protrusion

Proper noun capitalized: Jut

Jut

  1. (dated) Dated form of Jat.

Examples of jut in a sentence

  • ...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.1997, Don DeLillo, chapter 1, in Underworld:
  • Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60:

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Synonyms of jut

Forms of jut

Verb
third-person singular presentjuts
present participlejutting
past participlejutted
pastjutted
Noun
pluraljuts

Past tense of jut: jutted

Origin of jut

From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.

Words formed from jut

Words that rhyme with jut

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Questions about jut

What does jut mean?
Jut means to stick out.
How do you use jut in a sentence?
...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.
What part of speech is jut?
Jut can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jut?
Jut is pronounced /d͡ʒʌt/.
What is the past tense of jut?
The past tense of jut is jutted.

Words near jut in the dictionary

  1. justnesses
  2. justs
  3. Justus
  4. Justyn
  5. Jusys
  6. jut
  7. jut out
  8. jut-jawed
  9. jute
  10. jute mallow
  11. jute mallows

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