"sticky-out" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sticky-out [comparative], most sticky-out [superlative]
Etymology: From stick out and -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|head=sticky-out}} sticky-out (comparative more sticky-out, superlative most sticky-out)
  1. (informal) That sticks out; protruding. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-sticky-out-en-adj-DxmK6Qtu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From stick out and -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sticky-out",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sticky-out",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "sticky-out"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“She looks exactly like your father. Older, of course, and a lady, but I could immediately see the resemblance. The same sticky-out ears that you have. No offence!”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That sticks out; protruding."
      ],
      "id": "en-sticky-out-en-adj-DxmK6Qtu",
      "links": [
        [
          "sticks out",
          "stick out"
        ],
        [
          "protruding",
          "protruding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) That sticks out; protruding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sticky-out"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From stick out and -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sticky-out",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sticky-out",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "sticky-out"
      },
      "expansion": "sticky-out (comparative more sticky-out, superlative most sticky-out)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“She looks exactly like your father. Older, of course, and a lady, but I could immediately see the resemblance. The same sticky-out ears that you have. No offence!”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That sticks out; protruding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sticks out",
          "stick out"
        ],
        [
          "protruding",
          "protruding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) That sticks out; protruding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sticky-out"
}

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