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Stub

stʌb

Stub definitions
verb
stubs stubbing stubbed stub
  1. accidentally strike (one's toe) against something

    "I stubbed my toe, swore, and tripped"

  2. extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something

    "she stubbed out her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray"

    extinguish put out douse smother choke stamp out blow out quench stub out turn out dampen damp down
  3. grub up (a plant) by the roots

    "he was found to have stubbed up a hedge"

noun
stub stubs
  1. the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use

    "the ashtray was full of stubs"

    • a truncated or unusually short thing

      "he wagged his little stub of tail"

    • denoting a projection or hole that goes only part of the way through a surface

      "a stub tenon"

  2. the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document

    "retain your ticket stubs"

    counterfoil ticket slip detachable portion coupon tab receipt