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Antonyms for stick out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stik
Phonetic Transcription : stɪk


Definition of stick out

Origin :
  • Old English sticca "rod, twig, spoon," from Proto-Germanic *stikkon- "pierce, prick" (cf. Old Norse stik, Old High German stehho, German Stecken "stick, staff"), from PIE *steig- "to stick; pointed" (see stick (v.)). Meaning "staff used in a game" is from 1670s (originally billiards); meaning "manual gearshift lever" first recorded 1914. Stick-ball is attested from 1824. Alliterative connection of sticks and stones is recorded from mid-15c.
  • verb bulge
Example sentences :
  • "If only he'd stick out there in the brush where he belongs, I'd let him stay," she explained.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Who'd have supposed the men were going to stick out like this—nobody suggested that.
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • It's impolite to stick out your tongue at them the way you do!
  • Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
  • I can feel already the pine-needles beginning to stick out all over me.
  • Extract from : « The Magic Soap Bubble » by David Cory
  • Then something prompted me to take the stick out from the safe.
  • Extract from : « A Bid for Fortune » by Guy Boothby
  • Why does it stick out like that at the waist, just where it ought to go in?
  • Extract from : « More About Peggy » by Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey
  • I'll put her on a wide orbit and I'll stick out every alarm on board.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • She was dry so far, and her blue bathing-dress could stick out.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • If this is done, the corners will not stick out when the cloth is finished.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
  • How's a woman going to be proud and stick out about things when she loves a man?
  • Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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