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sticky-outy

sticky-outy adjective: sticking out; protruding.

Adjective

sticky-outy (comparative more sticky-outy, superlative most sticky-outy)

  1. (humorous, informal) Sticking out; protruding.
    • In Karl Shapiro's autobiography there's a picture of Shapiro sitting at a round table with some of his students, and one of his students is Ted Kooser. Ted Kooser is an agreeable-looking young man with sticky-outy ears […]2009, Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist, page 133

Forms of sticky-outy

comparativemore sticky-outy
superlativemost sticky-outy

Origin of sticky-outy

From stick out + -y.

Questions about sticky-outy

What does sticky-outy mean?
Sticky-outy means sticking out; protruding.
What part of speech is sticky-outy?
Sticky-outy is an adjective.

Words near sticky-outy in the dictionary

  1. sticky-fingers
  2. sticky-icky
  3. sticky-note
  4. sticky-notes
  5. sticky-out
  6. sticky-outy
  7. sticky-sweet
  8. sticky-tape
  9. sticky-taped
  10. sticky-tapes
  11. sticky-taping

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