Dictionary

stick out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To protrude.
   • He stuck out his tongue at me.
2. (intransitive) To protrude; to extend beyond.
   • Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out, for he knew that people who jump generally have something to wind them up. But he couldn't see it. They were evidently a new kind of rabbit altogether. 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • I can fit the pipe in my car, but one end will stick out from the back.
   • "Your house did, anyway," replied the little old woman, with a laugh, "and that is the same thing. See!" she continued, pointing to the corner of the house. "There are her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood." Dorothy looked, and gave a little cry of fright. There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes. 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
   • His tongue was sticking out.
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive.
   • The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones.
   • I really wasn't caring, but I felt my eyes staring / At a guy who stuck out in the crowd / He had the kind of body that would shame Adonis / And a face that would make any man proud 1979, Sister Sledge, “He's the Greatest Dancer”, in We Are Family:
4. To persist until the end; stick it out.

Forms

Deriveds

stick out like a sore thumb · stick out a mile · stick out one's tongue · sticky-outy · stickout · stick out like dog's balls · the nail that sticks out gets hammered down · sticky-out

Relateds

proud

Synonyms

lie · stand out · prevail · stick out like a sore thumb · remain · hold on · outstand · stick out · last · endure · obtrude · stick out · abide · stick it out · astand · stand out · stick · aby · live · persist · obtrude · go on

Translations (44)

uk вистава́ти (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de herausstehen (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de hervorstehen (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de herausstechen (to protrude; to extend beyond) · cmn 顯著 /显著 (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · de sich abheben (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · pl sterczeć (to protrude; to extend beyond) · es sobresalir (to protrude; to extend beyond) · pl wystawać (to protrude; to extend beyond) · fi pistää ulos (to protrude; to extend beyond) · fi erottua (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · pt sobressair (to protrude; to extend beyond) · es ventanear (to protrude; to extend beyond) · es sobresalir (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · ru высо́вывать (to protrude; to extend beyond) · la exsero (to protrude; to extend beyond) · cs trčet (to protrude; to extend beyond) · cs vyčnívat (to protrude; to extend beyond) · eo elstari (to protrude; to extend beyond) · it sporgere (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de abstehen (to protrude; to extend beyond) · fi näyttää (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de sich auszeichnen (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · fr dépasser (to protrude; to extend beyond) · pl sterczeć (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · fi näkyä (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de hervorstechen (to protrude; to extend beyond) · uk випина́тися (to protrude; to extend beyond) · mi tōhira (to protrude; to extend beyond) · cmn 突出 (to protrude; to extend beyond) · fi sojottaa (to protrude; to extend beyond) · fr saillir (to protrude; to extend beyond) · de herausragen (to protrude; to extend beyond) · uk стирча́ти (to protrude; to extend beyond) · ru торча́ть (to protrude; to extend beyond) · mi riaki (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · la prōmineō (to protrude; to extend beyond) · ca sobresortir (to protrude; to extend beyond) · mi whererei (to protrude; to extend beyond) · cs čnít (to protrude; to extend beyond) · ru высо́вываться (to protrude; to extend beyond) · fr se démarquer (to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive) · ja 突き出る (to protrude; to extend beyond) · cmn 凸出 (to protrude; to extend beyond)