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What does stick out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stick out? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To protrude; to extend beyond.
  2. (idiomatic) To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive.
  3. To persist until the end. See stick it out.
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If a hemorrhoid begins to stick out, gently push it back into the rectal canal.
The ones that insist on having the same density of fuse wire and stick out at 90 degrees from your head.
He nodded the ball down only for the goalkeeper to stick out a hand and paw it away.
Jerking the stick out of the fire can send the hot marshmallow flying toward a fellow camper's hair or face.
On campus, they stick out like the proverbial sore thumb because they are the ones with the bandaged fingers.
His normally very tidy light brown hair had flattened in some areas and began to stick out in others.

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