PROJECT, PROJECTING, PROJECTION
ADJECTIVES
► EGREGIOUS prominent, projecting → 1578 obs.
► GUNNELED OUT projecting, as of a boy’s pockets → 1949 Amer. dial.
► LABEL-LOLLING projecting like a label (tag meaning) → 1615 obs.
NOUNS
► KNURL ► NURL a small projection, protuberance, or excrescence; a knot, knob, nodule, etc. → 1608
► TOOTER something that projects; a prominent nose → 1638 obs.
VERBS
► GAG to project, to stick out → 1599
► GAG OUT to project, to stick out → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JET to project or protrude prominently → 1947 Amer. dial.
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