jut /dʒʌt/ (
also jut out)
verb (
past tense and past participle jutted,
present participle jutting)
[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: ⇒ jet2 'to stick out' (16-18 centuries)]
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] something that juts out sticks out further than the other things around it:
Tall jagged rocks jutted out over the beach.2. [transitive] if you jut your chin out, you move it so that it sticks forward:
She jutted her chin out aggressively as she glowered back at him.—jutting adjective:
jutting cliffs [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲