jutting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌtɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌtɪŋ

Verb

jutting

  1. present participle and gerund of jut

Noun

jutting (plural juttings)

  1. That which juts or protrudes.
    • 1834, The London Medical Gazette, volume 13, page 110:
      By degrees an union takes place between them, and at the same time the osseous substance thickens at its first points of existence, at the juttings representing the grinding tubercles […]
    • 1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling:
      He leaped forward, brandishing his knife, while the Sons of the Egg fell in behind him. The warlocks began to close ranks, falling back to make a stand under the jutting edge of the roof, where they could protect the orrery. Bork and Ser Perth were among them, bloody but hopelessly determined.
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