jut

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verb

jutted; jutting

intransitive verb

: to extend out, up, or forward : project
mountains jutting into the sky
a jutting jaw

transitive verb

: to cause to project

jut

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noun

: something that juts : projection

Examples of jut in a Sentence

Verb mountains jutting into the sky the sandbar juts out into the ocean Noun Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Pearly white sand encircles the island, where luxe beach bungalows jut out over the sparkling turquoise Indian Ocean. 02 of 15 Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue, Seychelles Anse Source d'Argent is one of the most popular beaches in the Seychelles, and for good reason. Steven Casale, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024 The 7-year-old saw granite and marble headstones jutting out from the grass near other graves, inscribed with epitaphs. Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024 Your cheekbones jut toward what are youth-laden eyes that slide down a prominent nose. Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024 In front of us, big gray mountains jutted into the blue sky. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024 His craggy Yankee face, bushy eyebrows, sharp blue eyes, jutting jaw, and rumpled, leonine mane flashed in the mind’s eye of poetry lovers. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024 Related Articles In Humboldt County, where the steep King Range mountains plunge into the sea, the peninsula juts out into the Pacific so it may have been discovered during migrations. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024 At the same time, study coauthor John J. Flynn, a curator of fossil mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, pointed out what looked like a skull jutting from an embankment. Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024 The plated dish consisted of a lobster head, claws and tail jutting out of a whole chicken. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough to make surfers salivate break beyond miles of white sand. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024 The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right. Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024 His graph resembles an EKG monitor, with rhythmic spikes and troughs that tick along over the years until suddenly a line juts way up in 2020, signaling over six million weekly claims. Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023 More dramatic is the house’s relationship to the ground: Set on a heavy concrete platform, the dwelling juts out over the steep incline of its narrow plot; in time, Ayako says, shade-seeking plants will creep in, creating a river of green under a bridge to nowhere. Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023 Pat’s King of Steaks juts out on a triangle corner in South Philadelphia’s East Passyunk neighborhood, across the street from rival restaurant Geno’s Steaks. John Garrison Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023 In the picture, a rectangle of ice juts out with seemingly perfect smoothness and straight edges. Emily Zauzmer, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023 Composed of rebar, plaster wire and cement cloak, the studio’s roof juts out from the main body — articulating roughly parabolic awnings on its way out. Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023 Very often a room is a rectangular space—corners and juts. Diane Williams, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

perhaps short for jutty entry 2

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1573, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jut was circa 1573

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Cite this Entry

“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

jut

verb
ˈjət
jutted; jutting
: to stick out, up, or forward : project
jut noun

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