jut

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jut¹

  • /d͡ʒʌt/
  • /d͡ʒʊt/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌt

Where it comes from

From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.

verb juts · jutting · jutted

  1. intransitive To stick out. the jutting part of a building

    Similar: protrude

  2. obsolete To butt. 1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer

noun juts

  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.

    Similar: outcrop, protrusion

Jut²

proper noun

  1. dated Dated form of Jat

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verb to stick out

Españolsobresalir
Portuguêssobressair
Françaissaillir
Deutschherausragen, hervorragen
Italianosporgere
Русскийвыступа́ть vystupátʹ, вы́ступить výstupitʹ, торча́ть torčátʹ, выпира́ть vypirátʹ

noun something that sticks out

日本語突起 tokki
中文凸起 tūqǐ
Русскийвы́ступ výstup

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@misc{jut_2026,
  title = {jut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}