Protrude (3 letters)

{ Answer }

JUT

{ Related Clues }

Extrude
Project
Protuberate
Protrude, as the chin
Stick (out)
Stick out
Thrust out

{ Tags }

chin, extrude, jut, out, project, protrude, protuberate, stick, thrust

{ Notes }

The answer JUT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.

{ Definition }

JUT as a noun:

1. (bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence) = something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

2. (protrusion, projection, jut, jutting) = the act of projecting out from something

JUT as a verb:

1. (stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project) = extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"