Definition of "sticking out" []

• Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Kolya is walking in up to his chest, then to his neck, until I see only his ears sticking out of the sides of his round head."
• "He was also wearing a pale full-body stocking with his mangina sticking out of an opening in the necessary location."
• "Mrs. Gorsich presently came out of the kitchen with a tray containing a silver teapot, two china cups on saucers, two silver teaspoons, a small pitcher of cream, and a crystal bowl of raw sugar, a tiny spoon sticking out of it."