Jut

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒt

Origin

From Middle English, alteration of jet, cognate with jetty

Full definition of jut

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to stick outthe jutting part of a building
• Sir Thomas BrowneIt seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
• 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld Chapter 1, ...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.
2. (obsolete) To butt.
• Masonthe jutting steer