jut

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

jut, v. i. [A corruption of jet.].

•  To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.  Wordsworth.  [1913 Webster]

  "It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem."  [1913 Webster]
•  To butt.  Mason.  [1913 Webster]

jut, n. 

•  That which projects or juts; a projection.  [1913 Webster]
•  A shove; a push.  Udall.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jut, v. & n.
--v.intr. (jutted, jutting) out, forth) protrude, project.
--n. a projection; a protruding point.

Etymology

var. of JET(1)

THESAURUS

jut

arch over, beetle, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, bristle up, bulge, cock up, elongate, extend, extend over, extrude, hang out, hang over, imbricate, impend, impend over, jut out, lap, lap over, lean over, lengthen, lie over, overarch, overhang, overlap, overlie, override, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, protuberate, shingle, shoot out, shoot up, span, stand out, start up, stick out, stick up, thrust over