jut
Valid in Scrabble
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- 10
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/d͡ʒʌt/
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/d͡ʒʌt/ · /d͡ʒʊt/
Definition of jut
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To stick out.
“the jutting part of a building”
“1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.”
“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.”
“...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.”
“Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To stick out.
“the jutting part of a building”
“1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.”
“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.”
“...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.”
“Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.”
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(obsolete)To butt.
“1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer”
noun
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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.”
name
- (alt-of, dated)Dated form of Jat.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.
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