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
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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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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
There was only the dark trunk of a giant fir that jutted from the slope at the foot of the cliff.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
The main salient, nine miles deep at its deepest, juts into the front line toward Dalnje, just south of Kurakhove.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The video shows an area in Antarctica where rocky outcroppings jut up above the ice sheet.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
There was only the dark trunk of a giant fir that jutted from the slope at the foot of the cliff.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
The main salient, nine miles deep at its deepest, juts into the front line toward Dalnje, just south of Kurakhove.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
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