stickout

[stik-out]

noun

1. a person who is outstanding or conspicuous, usually for superior endowments, talents, etc..

   Jimmy Brown is the stickout among running backs.

adjective

1. outstanding; conspicuous.

   a stickout actor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stickout¹

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

Example Sentences

Last fall, it was Kristoff Williams, a physical, 6-foot-2, 200-pound freshman, who was going to be the young stickout, with Marquess Wilson redshirting.

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Josephine and Clemence, in pinafores and stickout skirts, sat wriggling, with Winthrop between them; the five dogs sat in a row behind; Katie and Bridget assumed the functions of Hibernian Hebes; and luncheon began with a clatter of spoons.

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"So do I," admitted a tiny maid in stickout skirts.

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