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