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stuck out like dog's balls

stuck out like dog's balls is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about stuck out like dog's balls

What is stuck out like dog's balls the simple past and past participle of?
Stuck out like dog's balls is the simple past and past participle of stick out like dog's balls.

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

  1. stuck one's oar in
  2. stuck one's tongue out
  3. stuck out
  4. stuck out a mile
  5. stuck out like a sore thumb
  6. stuck out like dog's balls
  7. stuck pixel
  8. stuck pixels
  9. stuck record
  10. stuck records
  11. stuck someone on

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