stut
stut verb: to support, prop up.
Verb (1)
stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)
Noun
stut (plural stuts)
- A support.
- These stuts buckled.
Verb (2)
stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)
- To stutter.
- Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke;
Her tonge was verye quycke,
But she spake somwhat thycke:
Her felow did stammer and stuta. 1529, John Skelton, The Tunning of Elenor Rumming
- Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke;
Forms of stut
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | stuts |
| present participle | stutting |
| past participle | stutted |
| past | stutted |
| alternative form | steet |
| alternative form | stutt |
| alternative form | stuit |
| alternative form | stoot |
| alternative form | stout |
| Noun | |
| plural | stuts |
Origin of stut
Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).
From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).
Questions about stut
- What does stut mean?
- Stut means to support, prop up.
- What part of speech is stut?
- Stut can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of stut?
- The past tense of stut is stutted.
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