jut

¹jut

verb \ˈjət\

jut·tedjut·ting

Definition of JUT

intransitive verb

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

transitive verb

: to cause to project

Examples of JUT

1. mountains jutting into the sky
2. <the sandbar juts out into the ocean>

Origin of JUT

perhaps short for ²jutty

First Known Use: circa 1573

Related to JUT

Synonyms

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, bulge, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Related Words

dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

Rhymes with JUT

but, butt, cut, glut, gut, hut, mutt, nut, putt, rut, scut, shut, slut, smut, soot, strut, tut, ut, what

²jut

noun

Definition of JUT

: something that juts : projection

Examples of JUT

1. <Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast.>

First Known Use of JUT

1786

Related to JUT

Synonyms

bunch, convexity, bulge, overhang, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swell

Antonyms

cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess

Related Words

dome; blob, bump, dilatation, gibbosity, hump, knob, knot, knurl, lump, nub, obtrusion, puff, snag, swelling; block, piece, portion, section; enlargement, escalation, expansion, increase; hill, mound

Near Antonyms

crater, hole, well; basin, bowl, dip, valley; furrow, groove, trench, trough; dimple, gouge, impression, notch, pocket