торча́ть

fairly common #1328B2

verbimperfective

1.
to stick out, to protrude, to poke out
Пистоле́т торча́л и́з-за по́яса брюк.
A gun was sticking out of his waistband.
Used of things visibly projecting from something.
2.
to hang around, to be stuck (somewhere), to hang out
Он целыми дня́ми торчи́т дома.
He hangs around at home all day long.
Colloquial, often disapproving.

Examples

Корченные морозом ветки торчали из снега.
Branches twisted by the frost jutted out of the snow.
Волосы у него торчали неопрятно во все стороны.
His hair stuck out messily in all directions.
Ослиные уши торчали из-за забора.
Donkey’s ears were sticking up behind the fence.
Его ерошенные волосы торчали во все стороны.
His tousled hair stuck out in all directions.
На голове у него торчал смешной хохол.
A funny tuft of hair stuck up on his head.
Корни дерева, оголявшиеся от эрозии, торчали из земли.
The tree roots, exposed by erosion, protruded from the ground.
Том торчи́т пе́ред телеви́зором.
Tom is glued to the television.
Том ненави́дит торча́ть в про́бке.
Tom hates sitting in traffic.

Imperative
ты	торчи́
вы	торчи́те

Active present	торча́щий	sticking out, protruding, jutting, prominent
Active past	торча́вший	sticking out, protruding, projecting
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	торча́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	торчав торчавши	while doing (past)