JUT OUT


Meaning of JUT OUT in English

jut /dʒʌt/ BrE AmE ( also jut out ) verb ( past tense and past participle jutted , present participle jutting )

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ jet 2 'to stick out' (16-18 centuries) ]

1 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] something that juts out sticks out further than the other things around it:

Tall jagged rocks jutted out over the beach.

2 . [transitive] if you jut your chin out, you move it so that it sticks forward:

She jutted her chin out aggressively as she glowered back at him.

—jutting adjective :

jutting cliffs

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.