stut

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verb

To support, prop up.

“These stuts buckled.”

OriginProto-West Germanic *stuttijan →
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Meanings

stut1

verbstut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

present singular third person stuts · participle present stutting · participle past stutted · past stutted · alternative steet · alternative stutt · alternative stuit · alternative stoot · alternative stout

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandtransitiveTo support, prop up.

    When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.

nounstut (plural stuts)

plural stuts · alternative steet · alternative stutt · alternative stuit · alternative stoot · alternative stout

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandA support.

    These stuts buckled.

stut2

verbstut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

present singular third person stuts · participle present stutting · participle past stutted · past stutted

  1. obsoleteTo stutter.

    Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke; Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat thycke: Her felow did stammer and stut

    a. 1529, John Skelton, The Tunning of Elenor Rumming

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
support

Origin

stut · verb, noun

  1. Proto-West Germanic*stuttijan
  2. Englishstut

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

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stut · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*stutjaną“to stammer, stop short”
  2. Old English*stuttan“to stop short, stutter”
  3. Middle Englishstutten“to stammer, stop short”
  4. Englishstut

From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).

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APA

stut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stut

MLA

“stut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stut.

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