poking out

Verb

poke out (third-person singular simple present pokes out, present participle poking out, simple past and past participle poked out)

1. (intransitive) To be partly visible past an obstruction or obstructions.
   • Here’s the Queen, my dears, in her gilt coach, drawn by six horses. Do you see her sceptre poking out of the carriage window? She governs the nation with that.1886, Wilkie Collins, The Evil Genius, London: Chatto & Windus, Volume 1, Before the Story, Part 4, p. 41

   Synonyms:

   stick out, protrude

2. (intransitive) To emerge from behind, in, or under something.
   • Near-synonym: pop out

   Synonyms:

   pop out

3. (transitive) To cause (something) to protrude or emerge.
   • Near-synonym: stick out

   Synonyms:

   stick out

4. (transitive) To remove (something) by poking (often creating a hole in the process).
   • Near-synonyms: push out, pop out

   Synonyms:

   push out, pop out