stickout
[ stik-out ]
/ ˈstɪkˌaʊt /
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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.
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Origin of stickout
First recorded in 1840–50; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stick out
Words nearby stickout
Stickler syndrome, Stickley, stickman, stick-on, stick one's neck out, stickout, stickpin, stickseed, stick shift, Stick Style, sticktight
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British Dictionary definitions for stickout
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 metthe unions stuck out for a ten per cent wage rise
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Idioms and Phrases with stickout
stick out
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).
Continue doing something, endure something, as in I know you don't like it but you have to stick out the job for another month. [Late 1600s] A variant is stick it out, as in His new play's boring, but since he's my cousin we'd better stick it out. [Late 1800s] Also see stick it, def. 1.
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