jut meaning

UK /dʒʌt/ US /dʒʌt/ 1 syllable

jut (noun): something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.

jut has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

jut as a noun

  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

    Synonyms: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

    Type of: projection

    Kinds: frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, snag, wart

  2. the act of projecting out from something

    Synonyms: protrusion, projection, jutting

    Type of: change of shape

jut as a verb

  1. extend out or project in space
    • His sharp nose jutted out
    • A single rock sticks out from the cliff

    Synonyms: stick out, protrude, jut out, project

    Kinds: overhang, thrust, spear, bulge, cantilever

    Related forms: jutting

How to pronounce jut

jut is pronounced /dʒʌt/ in British English and /dʒʌt/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with jut

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