stickout

[ stik-out ]

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noun

a person who is outstanding or conspicuous, usually for superior endowments, talents, etc.: Jimmy Brown is the stickout among running backs.

adjective

outstanding; conspicuous: a stickout actor.

Origin of stickout

First recorded in 1840–50; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stick out

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How to use stickout in a sentence

They stick out in a Baghdad crowd, but members say that causes them no problems.
Bikers of Baghdad: Sunnis, Shias, Skulls, ‘Harleys,’ and Iraqi Flags | Jacob Siegel | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The wealthier families and micromanaging parents really stick out in the book.
College Application Guru Turned Author Lacy Crawford on ‘Early Decision’ | Lizzie Crocker | August 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Three years later, I returned to Beijing and wrote my first novella—Stick Out Your Tongue, inspired by my travels through Tibet.
Ma Jian: How I Write | Noah Charney | June 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
While I was writing Stick Out Your Tongue in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again.
Ma Jian: How I Write | Noah Charney | June 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Those moments really stick out to me now, after all those years.
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That screech was so blamed genuwine I almost fergot to stick out my laig and trip Boston as he come by me.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor Gates
If this is done, the corners will not stick out when the cloth is finished.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel Dibble
And I shall stick out that he placards on them a notice, that they were shot by you—shot fair and clean, by God!
Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitford
And the pussy cat was washing his face with his paws, taking care not to let the claws stick out for fear of scratching his eyes.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels | Howard R. Garis
Then one of us must go down the opening yonder, wade along the passage, poke the stick out through the hole, and shout.
Crown and Sceptre | George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for stick out

stick out

verb(adverb)

to project or cause to project
(tr) informal to endure (something disagreeable) (esp in the phrase stick it out)

stick out a mile or stick out like a sore thumb informal to be extremely obvious
stick out for (intr) to insist on (a demand), refusing to yield until it is met: the unions stuck out for a ten per cent wage rise

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with stickout

stickout

Also, stick out a mile or like a sore thumb. Be very prominent or conspicuous, as in Dad's funny hat made him stick out in the crowd, or That purple house sticks out a mile, or John's lie sticks out like a sore thumb. The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variants from the first half of the 1900s. The variant using thumb alludes to the propensity for holding an injured thumb stiffly, making it stand out (and thereby risking further injury).

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