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stand out like dog's balls

stand out like dog's balls is the alternative form of stick out like dog's balls.

Meaning of stick out like dog's balls

Verb

stick out like dog's balls (third-person singular simple present sticks out like dog's balls, present participle sticking out like dog's balls, simple past and past participle stuck out like dog's balls)

  1. (simile) Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.
    • We had stopped in a newly ploughed mealie (maize) field, out in the open, sticking out like dog's balls.2014, Andrew Balaam, Bush War Operator, page 52

Forms of stand out like dog's balls

third-person singular presentstands out like dog's balls
present participlestanding out like dog's balls
past participlestood out like dog's balls
paststood out like dog's balls

Questions about stand out like dog's balls

What is stand out like dog's balls the alternative form of?
Stand out like dog's balls is the alternative form of stick out like dog's balls.

Words near stand out like dog's balls in the dictionary

  1. stand one's ground
  2. stand one's hand
  3. stand out
  4. stand out a mile
  5. stand out like a sore thumb
  6. stand out like dog's balls
  7. stand over
  8. stand pad
  9. stand pat
  10. stand pie
  11. stand pies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stand out like dog's balls (page history and authors); stick out like dog's balls (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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