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
Examples of jut in a Sentence
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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Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Limestone karsts jutting upward from emerald green water, ancient rivers that snake through dense mangrove forests, misty mountains traced with rice terraces… the list goes on.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 June 2025
Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 July 2025
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
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Verb
Its hills jut like rows of green teeth among the rice fields.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Limestone karsts jutting upward from emerald green water, ancient rivers that snake through dense mangrove forests, misty mountains traced with rice terraces… the list goes on.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 June 2025
Noun
Keweenaw home to nation's best ski resorts At the northwestern tip of the Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw Peninsula juts into Lake Superior, home to sandy beaches, some of the nation's best ski resorts, Michigan Technological University, local, state and national parks and a copper mining industry.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 July 2025
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
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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