stick out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [stik out]
- /stɪk aʊt/
- /stɪk ˈaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stik out]
- /stɪk aʊt/

Definitions of stick out words

verb with object stick out to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle. 1
verb with object stick out to kill by this means: to stick a pig. 1
verb with object stick out to thrust (something pointed) in, into, through, etc.: to stick a needle into a pincushion. 1
verb with object stick out to fasten in position by thrusting a point or end into something: to stick a peg in a pegboard. 1
verb with object stick out to fasten in position by or as if by something thrust through: to stick a painting on the wall. 1
verb with object stick out to put on or hold with something pointed; impale: to stick a marshmallow on a fork. 1

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Origin of stick out

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English stiken, Old English stician to pierce, thrust; akin to German stechen to sting, Latin -stīg- in instīgāre (see instigate), Greek stízein (see stigma)

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Parts of speech for Stick out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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stick out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for stick out

adj stick out

bagger — A bagger is a person whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags at a supermarket or other store.
bloater — a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured

verb stick out

beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
bug out — to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat
bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.

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