sticky-out

adjective

That sticks out; protruding.

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Meanings

adjectivesticky-out (comparative more sticky-out, superlative most sticky-out)

comparative more sticky-out · superlative most sticky-out

  1. idiomaticinformalThat sticks out; protruding.

    “She looks exactly like your father. Older, of course, and a lady, but I could immediately see the resemblance. The same sticky-out ears that you have. No offence!”

    2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Origin

From stick out and -y.

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APA

sticky-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticky-out

MLA

“sticky-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticky-out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sticky-out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticky-out.

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