jut

1. 1.

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

   “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”

   “the hump of a camel”

   “he stood on the rocky prominence”

   “the occipital protuberance was well developed”

   “the bony excrescence between its horns”

   Synonymsbulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessprominenceprotuberanceprotrusionextrusionexcrescence

   Broaderprojection

   Narrowerfrontal eminenceoccipital protuberancebellycaputmogulnubsnagwart
2. 2.

   the act of projecting out from something

   Synonymsprotrusionprojectionjutting

   Broaderchange of shape

1. 1.

   extend out or project in space

   “His sharp nose jutted out”

   “A single rock sticks out from the cliff”

   Synonymsstick outprotrudejut outproject

   Narroweroverhangthrustspearbulgecantilever

Other forms of jut

plural

juts·

past tense or participle

jutted

present participle

jutting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jut

What does jut mean?

jut means "something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jut?

jut has 1 syllable: jut. In IPA it is /ˈdʒʌt/.

What is another word for jut?

Close synonyms include bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jut a common word?

jut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.