jutting

Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. sticking out; protruding; projecting

Phrases & Collocations

jutting out

jutting rock

jutting ledge

jutting angle

Example Sentences

his chin was jutting with aggression.

cliffs jutting straight up

The soldier saw a gun jutting out of some bushes.

a pipe jutting from his mouth;

The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff.

The Gran are easily distinguished by their triple eyestalks. They have hircine faces, small horns, and a jutting jaw-line.

Real-world Examples

He found the fossil jutting out of the mud.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation August 2019

Seeing these tree stumps just jut out of nowhere.

Source: Lonely Planet Travel Guide

Sometimes the chin will be more of a jutting chin.

Source: Connection Magazine

She was large and square and her heavy jaw jutted aggressively.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The desert of southeastern Utah is a wilderness of flat-topped mesas, jutting buttes and plunging canyons.

Source: New York Times

Above this bit of breechclout were the hollowed belly and the jutting ribs of a concentration-camp inmate.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Of those who lived, many were hideously misshapen, with the infamous drooping lip and jutting Habsburg jaw.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Researchers used computer simulations to calculate future melting of protective ice shelves jutting over the Amundsen Sea.

Source: This month's AP Listening

Jutting out of the sides of it were large triangular shaped razors.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

He's got huge spikes that jut out of his back.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

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