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

Вбитый в стену гвоздь торчал слишком сильно.
The nail driven into the wall stuck out too far.
Волосы, дыбящиеся от ветра, торчали во все стороны.
The hair, standing on end in the wind, stuck out in all directions.
Растеребленные волосы девочки торчали во все стороны.
The girl's tousled hair stuck out in all directions.
У мальчика на голове торчит смешной вихор.
The boy has a funny tuft of hair sticking up on his head.
В розетке торчал старый медный проводок.
An old copper wire was sticking out of the socket.
Гвоздь, прошибивший доску, торчал с другой стороны.
The nail that had pierced the board was sticking out on the other side.
Обнажившиеся корни дерева торчали из земли.
The exposed roots of the tree protruded from the ground.
Том торчи́т пе́ред телеви́зором.
Tom is glued to the television.

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)