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
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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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Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Get dropped off on Santa Rosa Island and hike the 12-mile out-and-back to Skunk Point, a prominent peninsula with sand dunes and cliffs jutting into the Pacific.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
The main salient, nine miles deep at its deepest, juts into the front line toward Dalnje, just south of Kurakhove.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Verb
With their wide second-position pliés, concave torsos and jutting hips, the eight dancers often appear to be pulled downward and inward; a little shuddering step looks like an attempt to take off from the ground.
—Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Get dropped off on Santa Rosa Island and hike the 12-mile out-and-back to Skunk Point, a prominent peninsula with sand dunes and cliffs jutting into the Pacific.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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
The main salient, nine miles deep at its deepest, juts into the front line toward Dalnje, just south of Kurakhove.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jut. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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