stick out
verb
stuck out; sticking out; sticks out
1
a
: to jut out : project
b
: to be prominent or conspicuous
2
: to be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion)
: endure, last entry 1
—often used with it
stuck it out to the end
Synonyms
Examples of stick out in a Sentence
no feet sticking out in the aisles, please
managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee
Recent Examples on the Web
Photograph: David Livingston/Getty Images The thread was 10 tweets long—verbose by X standards—and 219 words, but there was just one word that stuck out.
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WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
New problem: There was a 300-pound appliance sticking out of the minivan.
—Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
Black smoke sticks out in that situation more so than white smoke.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 16 Nov. 2023
Keep in Mind Depending on your under-bed space, the containers may stick out a bit.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
What to Consider The bag isn’t very long, so most dresses will stick out the bottom.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
On a sidewalk near a line of bushes, two legs stuck out from under a blanket.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
They were held in September, and one of the stories in particular really stuck out to me.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
There are, of course, some moments that stuck out to me as unintentionally funny.
—John Paul Brammer, SELF, 3 Nov. 2023
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WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
New problem: There was a 300-pound appliance sticking out of the minivan.
—Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
Black smoke sticks out in that situation more so than white smoke.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 16 Nov. 2023
Keep in Mind Depending on your under-bed space, the containers may stick out a bit.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
What to Consider The bag isn’t very long, so most dresses will stick out the bottom.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
On a sidewalk near a line of bushes, two legs stuck out from under a blanket.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
They were held in September, and one of the stories in particular really stuck out to me.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
There are, of course, some moments that stuck out to me as unintentionally funny.
—John Paul Brammer, SELF, 3 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1640, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
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