Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: protruding
IPA transcription: [pɹoʊtɹ'udɪŋ]
Pronunciations of protruding
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking_out(p)
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Peggy turned his protruding eyes from one to the other, and a smile slowly spread over his features.
  • Rolling the body of the warrior to one side Tarzan struggled to his feet, the spear still protruding from his shoulder.
  • Among the husbands was Shalikov, the tax-collector--a narrow, spiteful soul, given to drink, with a big, closely cropped head, and thick, protruding lips.
  • He wore a loose white shirt--immaculately white--with a red silk handkerchief knotted about his throat, brown corduroy knee-breeches, and a red cotton sash with the hilt of a knife conspicuously protruding.
  • At first he stared at me as if he found it impossible to comprehend the witticism of my remark; but as its point seemed slowly to make its way into his brain, his eyes, in the same proportion, seemed protruding from their sockets.
  • These--the keg and canisters--I connected in a proper manner with covered trains; and having let into one of the canisters the end of about four feet of slow match, I covered up the hole, and placed the cask over it, leaving the other end of the match protruding about an inch, and barely visible beyond the cask.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Tawny owl, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Harvey Milk, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Omayra Sánchez, License CC BY-SA 4.0