3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jut \Jut\ (j[u^]t), verb (used without an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jut
noun
1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}] 2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: {protrusion}, {projection}, {jutting}]verb
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}, {project}] [also: {jutting}, {jutted}]From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jutted See {jut}