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jut en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /d͡ʒʊt/ (Northern-England)
  • /d͡ʒʌt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Something that sticks out.
    • 1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition). 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.

Forms

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juts Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

outcrop · protrusion

Translations (9)

pl wypustka (something that sticks out) · cs výčnělek (something that sticks out) · hu kiszögellés (something that sticks out) · bg издатина (something that sticks out) · cs výběžek (something that sticks out) · cmn 凸起 (something that sticks out) · cs výstupek (something that sticks out) · ru вы́ступ (something that sticks out) · ja 突起 (something that sticks out)

Source: en.wiktionary, “jut” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

jut en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /d͡ʒʊt/ (Northern-England)
  • /d͡ʒʌt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To stick out.
    • ...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each. 1997, Don DeLillo, chapter 1, in Underworld:
    • the jutting part of a building
    • 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:
    • The flight path into Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport is one of the trickiest in the world; planes approach between steep hills and over the rooftops of Kowloon City to swoop onto a strip of land that juts out into the harbor. 1994, Bruce Thomas, “Childhood”, in Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit: A Biography by Bruce Thomas, Berkeley, California: Frog, Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
    • 1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
  2. (obsolete) To butt.
    • 1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer

Forms

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juts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
jutting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jutted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jutted Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

jut out · overjut · outjut · jaw-jutting · juttingly · jut-jawed · outjutting

Synonyms

protrude

Translations (34)

fi törröttää (to stick out) · hu kiugrik (to stick out) · ka გამოშვერა (to stick out) · cs vyčnívat (to stick out) · hu kiáll (to stick out) · pt sobressair (to stick out) · ru выпира́ть (to stick out) · cs trčet (to stick out) · mi kohuki (to stick out) · ka წამოწევა (to stick out) · cs vybíhat (to stick out) · gl sobresaír (to stick out) · ru выступа́ть (to stick out) · ru торча́ть (to stick out) · uk вистава́ти (to stick out) · mi kōture (to stick out) · ka გამოწევა (to stick out) · sq qit (to stick out) · uk виступа́ти (to stick out) · pl wystawać (to stick out) · pl sterczeć (to stick out) · bg стърча (to stick out) · de hervorragen (to stick out) · de herausragen (to stick out) · la prōmineō (to stick out) · nmn dthàã tûu (to stick out) · fr saillir (to stick out) · cs čnít (to stick out) · bg издавам се (to stick out) · it sporgere (to stick out) · ru вы́ступить (to stick out) · hu kiszögell (to stick out) · mi koure (to stick out) · es sobresalir (to stick out)