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stick out one's tongue

stick out one's tongue is the alternative form of stick one's tongue out.

Meaning of stick one's tongue out

Verb

stick one's tongue out (third-person singular simple present sticks one's tongue out, present participle sticking one's tongue out, simple past and past participle stuck one's tongue out)

  1. To push one's tongue so that it protrudes from the mouth, especially as a gesture of rudeness.
    • The class clown stuck her tongue out at her classmate.
    Synonyms:
    pull tongues

Forms of stick out one's tongue

third-person singular presentsticks out one's tongue
present participlesticking out one's tongue
past participlestuck out one's tongue
paststuck out one's tongue

Questions about stick out one's tongue

What is stick out one's tongue the alternative form of?
Stick out one's tongue is the alternative form of stick one's tongue out.

Words near stick out one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. stick one's tongue out
  2. stick out
  3. stick out a mile
  4. stick out like a sore thumb
  5. stick out like dog's balls
  6. stick out one's tongue
  7. stick phone
  8. stick phones
  9. stick plaster
  10. stick plasters
  11. stick puller

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