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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JUT, v.i. [a different spelling of jet.] To shoot forward; to project beyond the main body; as the jutting part of a building. A point of land juts into the sea.
JUT, n. A shooting forward; a projection.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting] v
1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (jutted; jutting) Etymology: perhaps short for ²jutty Date: circa 1573 intransitive verb to extend out, up, or forward ; project <mountains jutting into the sky> <a jutting jaw> transitive verb to cause to project II. noun Date: 1786 something that juts ; projection

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. (jutted, jutting) out, forth) protrude, project. --n. a projection; a protruding point. Etymology: var. of JET(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jut Jut (j[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jutting.] [A corruption of jet.] 1. To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building. ``In jutting rock and curved shore.'' --Wordsworth. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To butt. [Obs.] ``The jutting steer.'' --Mason.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jut Jut, n. 1. That which projects or juts; a projection. 2. A shove; a push. [Obs.] --Udall.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(juts, jutting, jutted) 1. If something juts out, it sticks out above or beyond a surface. The northern end of the island juts out like a long, thin finger into the sea... = protrude VERB: V adv/prep 2. If you jut a part of your body, especially your chin, or if it juts, you push it forward in an aggressive or determined way. His jaw jutted stubbornly forward; he would not be denied... Gwen jutted her chin forward and did not answer the teacher... Ken's jaw jutted with determination. VERB: V adv/prep, V n adv/prep, V, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Project, protrude, stand out, jut out.

Moby Thesaurus

arch over, beetle, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, bristle up, bulge, cock up, elongate, extend, extend over, extrude, hang out, hang over, imbricate, impend, impend over, jut out, lap, lap over, lean over, lengthen, lie over, overarch, overhang, overlap, overlie, override, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, protuberate, shingle, shoot out, shoot up, span, stand out, start up, stick out, stick up, thrust over