Sticking

a. & n.

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a. & n. from Stick, v. Sticking piece a piece of beef cut from the neck. Sticking place the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. - Shak.

Adj.

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sticking - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" Synonyms: jutting, projecting, protruding, sticking out, projected

jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, protrusive, sticking out