Dictionary Definition
jut
Noun
1 something that bulges out or is protuberant or
projects from a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
2 the act of projecting out from something [syn:
protrusion, projection, jutting] v : extend out or
project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock
sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out,
protrude, jut out, project] [also: jutting, jutted]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌt
Noun
- something that sticks out
- 1999: 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. — Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition).
Verb
- to stick out
Translations
to stick out
- Finnish: törröttää
Hungarian
Verb
jut- get
- be left
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
arch over, beetle, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, bristle up, bulge, cock up, elongate, extend, extend over, extrude, hang out, hang over,
imbricate, impend, impend over, jut out,
lap, lap over, lean over,
lengthen, lie over,
overarch, overhang, overlap, overlie, override, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, protuberate, shingle, shoot out, shoot up,
span, stand out, start up,
stick out, stick up, thrust over