English edit

Etymology edit

From stick out and -y.

Adjective edit

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

  1. (informal) That sticks out; protruding.
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      “She looks exactly like your father. Older, of course, and a lady, but I could immediately see the resemblance. The same sticky-out ears that you have. No offence!”