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Hutted vs Shutted - What's the difference?

hutted | shutted |

As verbs the difference between hutted and shutted

is that hutted is (hut) while shutted is (nonstandard) (shut).

hutted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hut)

    • hut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small wooden shed
  • a primitive dwelling

    • Verb

    (hutt)
  • (rare, archaic, transitive) to put into a hut
    • to hut troops in winter quarters
  • (rare, archaic, intransitive) to take shelter in a hut
  • * Washington Irving
    • The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.

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    shutted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (shut)

    • shut

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) shutten, shetten, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To close, to stop from being open.
    • Please shut the door.
    The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
  • To close, to stop being open.
    • If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut .
  • (transitive, or, intransitive, chiefly, British) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
    • The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
  • * Dryden
    • shut from every shore
    Usage notes
    Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut'' can be replaced by ''close''. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of ''close'' that cannot be replaced by ''shut .
    Derived terms
    (phrasal verbs derived from shut) * shut away * shut down * shut in * shut off * shut out * shut up (single words and compounds derived from shut) * shutdown, shut-down * shut-eye * shut-in * shutout, shut-out * shutter (idioms derived from shut) * open and shut * shut one's eyes to * shut the door on * shut up shop * shut your face * shut your mouth * shut your trap

    Adjective

    (-)
  • closed

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or time of shutting; close.
    • the shut of a door
  • * Milton
    • Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
  • A door or cover; a shutter.
    • (Sir Isaac Newton)
  • The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

    • Etymology 2

    Variation of (chute) or (shute) (archaic, related to (shoot)) from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow alley]] or [[passageway, passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
    • Synonyms
    * (alleyway) alley, gennel (Northern Ireland), ginnel (Yorkshire and Lancashire), gitty (East Midlands), jitty (Midlands), passage, snicket (Northern England), wynd (Scotland)

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