Definition of "jut"

jut

/d͡ʒʌt/

verb
third-person singular simple present juts, present participle jutting, simple past and past participle jutted
1. (intransitive) To stick out.
  Quotations
  It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
  '1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey
  ...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.
  1997, Don DeLillo, chapter 1, in Underworld
  Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.
  2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60
2. (obsolete) To butt.
  Quotations
  the jutting steer
  1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden
noun
plural juts
1. Something that sticks out.
  Quotations
  The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.
  1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition).