The Clue
Protrude (3 letter answer)
The Answer
JUT
Tags
Notes
The answer JUT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
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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"