jutted; jutting
: to extend out, up, or forward : project
mountains jutting into the sky
a jutting jaw
: to cause to project
: something that juts : projection
Synonyms
Examples of jut in a Sentence
Verb
mountains jutting into the sky
the sandbar juts out into the ocean
Noun
Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast.
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In Humboldt County, where the steep King Range mountains plunge into the sea, the peninsula juts out into the Pacific so it may have been discovered during migrations.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
At the same time, study coauthor John J. Flynn, a curator of fossil mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, pointed out what looked like a skull jutting from an embankment.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The plated dish consisted of a lobster head, claws and tail jutting out of a whole chicken.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
That doesn’t match the 8.6mm depth of the Galaxy S24 Ultra (and, of course, all these measurements handily ignore any camera island jutting out the rear of the phone), but the impact of this change when holding a foldable will be noticeable.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Rodrigo was in an ebullient mood at the end of the 95 minutes, climbing down from one of the two ramps that jutted out into the GA area to make physical contact with the fans gathered around the ramp for a couple of minutes after the performance ended.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Feb. 2024
Her journey took her to the African Serengeti, where she was set to stay in a rural lodge with an infinity pool jutting out from a deck overlooking the landscape.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
The nearly-naked look was adorned with sharp tinsel-like strips of plastic that jutted from the neck, waist, wrists and ankles.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
His graph resembles an EKG monitor, with rhythmic spikes and troughs that tick along over the years until suddenly a line juts way up in 2020, signaling over six million weekly claims.
—Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
More dramatic is the house’s relationship to the ground: Set on a heavy concrete platform, the dwelling juts out over the steep incline of its narrow plot; in time, Ayako says, shade-seeking plants will creep in, creating a river of green under a bridge to nowhere.
—Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Pat’s King of Steaks juts out on a triangle corner in South Philadelphia’s East Passyunk neighborhood, across the street from rival restaurant Geno’s Steaks.
—John Garrison Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
In the picture, a rectangle of ice juts out with seemingly perfect smoothness and straight edges.
—Emily Zauzmer, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
Composed of rebar, plaster wire and cement cloak, the studio’s roof juts out from the main body — articulating roughly parabolic awnings on its way out.
—Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
Very often a room is a rectangular space—corners and juts.
—Diane Williams, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
Verb
His craggy Yankee face, bushy eyebrows, sharp blue eyes, jutting jaw, and rumpled, leonine mane flashed in the mind’s eye of poetry lovers.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In Humboldt County, where the steep King Range mountains plunge into the sea, the peninsula juts out into the Pacific so it may have been discovered during migrations.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
At the same time, study coauthor John J. Flynn, a curator of fossil mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, pointed out what looked like a skull jutting from an embankment.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The plated dish consisted of a lobster head, claws and tail jutting out of a whole chicken.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
That doesn’t match the 8.6mm depth of the Galaxy S24 Ultra (and, of course, all these measurements handily ignore any camera island jutting out the rear of the phone), but the impact of this change when holding a foldable will be noticeable.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Rodrigo was in an ebullient mood at the end of the 95 minutes, climbing down from one of the two ramps that jutted out into the GA area to make physical contact with the fans gathered around the ramp for a couple of minutes after the performance ended.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Feb. 2024
Her journey took her to the African Serengeti, where she was set to stay in a rural lodge with an infinity pool jutting out from a deck overlooking the landscape.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
The nearly-naked look was adorned with sharp tinsel-like strips of plastic that jutted from the neck, waist, wrists and ankles.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Noun
Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough to make surfers salivate break beyond miles of white sand.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
His graph resembles an EKG monitor, with rhythmic spikes and troughs that tick along over the years until suddenly a line juts way up in 2020, signaling over six million weekly claims.
—Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
More dramatic is the house’s relationship to the ground: Set on a heavy concrete platform, the dwelling juts out over the steep incline of its narrow plot; in time, Ayako says, shade-seeking plants will creep in, creating a river of green under a bridge to nowhere.
—Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Pat’s King of Steaks juts out on a triangle corner in South Philadelphia’s East Passyunk neighborhood, across the street from rival restaurant Geno’s Steaks.
—John Garrison Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
In the picture, a rectangle of ice juts out with seemingly perfect smoothness and straight edges.
—Emily Zauzmer, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
Composed of rebar, plaster wire and cement cloak, the studio’s roof juts out from the main body — articulating roughly parabolic awnings on its way out.
—Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
Very often a room is a rectangular space—corners and juts.
—Diane Williams, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1573, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun
1786, in the meaning defined above
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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