Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of stick out English)
WordNet
adj. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" [syn: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking(p), sticking out(p)]
Usage examples of "sticking out".
Having received no answer to her shouts, Mrs Hewson had gingerly ventured farther into the old orchard and found Garlick just lying there, face down, with his own pitchfork sticking out of his back.
He had knives, a lot of knives, around his waist, a sword strapped over the back of his shoulder, a big axe hooked to his belt, a few other things that looked like clubs, with sharp spikes sticking out of them, hanging from his belt, too, and a crossbow on his back.
But he felt a sting in his palm, as real as one a bee might give, then looked down incredulously to see a tiny dart sticking out of it.
His butt sticking out of the front end of her Volvo was particularly unhelpful.
I gave her a withering glance and she grinned again, sticking out her tongue and returned to her task.
Her eyes went back to Ariel, whose entire head was now sticking out of the covers.
What Karen did, she came home and put a pot roast in the oven and left her bag on the kitchen table, open, the grip of a Beretta nine sticking out in plain sight.
As he went from branch to branch he kept his eyes open, and presently saw a bit of leather sticking out of a crotch.
Then, sticking out of the top of the knapsack, I see this piece of paper.
Leaning against the iron grille, Jak flipped his arm and the man across the street cried out, clutching the knife sticking out of his thigh.