jut

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessprominenceprotuberanceprotrusionextrusionexcrescenceprojection

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings“the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”“the hump of a camel”“he stood on the rocky prominence”“the occipital protuberance was well developed”“the bony excrescence between its horns”Synonyms: bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessprominenceprotuberanceprotrusionextrusionexcrescence
  2. the act of projecting out from somethingSynonyms: protrusionprojectionjutting

Verb (1)

  1. extend out or project in space“His sharp nose jutted out”“A single rock sticks out from the cliff”Synonyms: stick outprotrudejut outproject
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Jut \Jut\ (j[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jutting.] [A corruption of jet.] [1913 Webster]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.— Sir T. Browne.[1913 Webster]

2.To butt. [Obs.] "The jutting steer." --Mason. [1913 Webster]

Jut \Jut\, n.

1.That which projects or juts; a projection. [1913 Webster]

2.A shove; a push. [Obs.] --Udall. [1913 Webster]

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