Synonyms for stick out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stik |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for stick out Other synonyms for the word stick out
Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for stick out
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