Meanings
jut1
present singular third person juts · participle present jutting · participle past jutted · past jutted
- intransitiveTo stick out.
the jutting part of a building
4 more examples
1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
The flight path into Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport is one of the trickiest in the world; planes approach between steep hills and over the rooftops of Kowloon City to swoop onto a strip of land that juts out into the harbor.
1994, Bruce Thomas, “Childhood”, in Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit: A Biography by Bruce Thomas, Berkeley, California: Frog, Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.
1997, Don DeLillo, chapter 1, in UnderworldGourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.
2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60Synonyms: protrude
plural juts
- 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.
Synonyms: outcrop, protrusion
Jut2
- datedDated form of Jat.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo stick out.
nounSomething that sticks out.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
nounthe act of projecting out from something
verbextend out or project in space
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishjutten“to project, jut out”
- Englishjut
From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian стърча, издавам се
- стърча (stărča)to stick out
- издавам се (izdavam se)to stick out
- издатина (izdatina)something that sticks out
Chinese Mandarin 凸起
- 凸起 (tūqǐ)something that sticks out
Czech vyčnívat, čnít
- vyčnívatto stick out
- čnítto stick out
- trčetto stick out
- vybíhatto stick out
- výčněleksomething that sticks out
- výstupeksomething that sticks out
- výběžeksomething that sticks out
Finnish törröttää
- törröttääto stick out
French saillir
- saillirto stick out
German herausragen, hervorragen
- herausragento stick out
- hervorragento stick out
Hungarian kiáll, kiszögell
- kiállto stick out
- kiszögellto stick out
- kiugrikto stick out
- kiszögelléssomething that sticks out
Italian sporgere
- sporgereto stick out
Japanese 突起
- 突起 (tokki)something that sticks out
Latin prōmineō
- prōmineōto stick out
Māori kōture, koure
- kōtureto stick out
- koureto stick out
- kohukito stick out
Polish wystawać, sterczeć
- wystawaćto stick out
- sterczećto stick out
- wypustkasomething that sticks out
Portuguese sobressair
- sobressairto stick out
Russian выступа́ть, вы́ступить
- выступа́ть (vystupátʹ)to stick out
- вы́ступить (výstupitʹ)to stick out
- торча́ть (torčátʹ)to stick out
- выпира́ть (vypirátʹ)to stick out
- вы́ступ (výstup)something that sticks out
Spanish sobresalir
- sobresalirto stick out
Ukrainian вистава́ти, виступа́ти
- вистава́ти (vystaváty)to stick out
- виступа́ти (vystupáty)to stick out
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with jut
Cite this entry
jut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jut
“jut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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