/ prəˈtruːd; NAmE proʊ-/ verb
[ v ] protrude (from sth) ( formal ) to stick out from a place or a surface :
protruding teeth
He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense thrust something forward or onward ): from Latin protrudere , from pro- forward, out + trudere to thrust.