Dictionary Definition:
ghuṭ cl. 6. P. ○ṭati, to strike again, resist, oppose Dhātup. xxviii, 91 • to protect, 77 (vḷ.): cl. 1. Ā. ghoṭate, to turn ('to barter, exchange' W.), xviii, 6 (cf. ava-ghoṭita and vy-ā-√ghuṭ.)