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

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Rhymes with JUT

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