jut. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

jut

PRONUNCIATION:	jt
VERB:	Inflected forms: jut·ted, jut·ting, juts
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To extend outward or upward beyond the limits of the main body; project: “He had a sharp crooked nose jutting out of a lean dancer's face” (Graham Greene).
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To cause to jut. See synonyms at bulge.
NOUN:	Something that protrudes; a projection.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English jutten, from gete, iutei, jetty, projecting upper story, from Old French jetee. See jetty¹.


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