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Definition of jut verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jut

verb
 
/dʒʌt/
 
/dʒʌt/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they jut
 
/dʒʌt/
 
/dʒʌt/
he / she / it juts
 
/dʒʌts/
 
/dʒʌts/
past simple jutted
 
/ˈdʒʌtɪd/
 
/ˈdʒʌtɪd/
past participle jutted
 
/ˈdʒʌtɪd/
 
/ˈdʒʌtɪd/
-ing form jutting
 
/ˈdʒʌtɪŋ/
 
/ˈdʒʌtɪŋ/
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  1. to stick out further than the surrounding surface, objects, etc.; to make something stick out synonym protrude, project
    • jut (out) (from, into, over, etc. something) A row of small windows jutted out from the roof.
    • A rocky headland jutted into the sea.
    • a jutting chin
    • jut something (out) She jutted her chin out stubbornly.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryJut is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • jaw
    Jut is used with these nouns as the object:
    • chin
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: variant of jet ‘protrude’.
See jut in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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