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stub
1[stuhb]
noun
a short projecting part.
a short remaining piece, as of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
(in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each leaf, for keeping a record of the content of the part filled out and torn away.
the returned portion of a ticket.
the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground; stump.
something having a short, blunt shape, especially a short-pointed, blunt pen.
something having the look of incomplete or stunted growth, as a horn of an animal.
Bridge.a part-score.
verb (used with object)
to strike accidentally against a projecting object.
I stubbed my toe against the step.
to extinguish the burning end of (a cigarette or cigar) by crushing it against a solid object (often followed byout ).
He stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray.
to clear of stubs, as land.
to dig up by the roots; grub up (roots).
stub
/ ʌ /
noun
a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc
a cigar stub
the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc
the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction Also called (in Britain) counterfoil
any short projection or blunted end
the stump of a tree or plant
verb
to strike (one's toe, foot, etc) painfully against a hard surface
(usually foll by out) to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing the end against a surface
to clear (land) of stubs
to dig up (the roots) of (a tree or bush)
Other Word Forms
- stubber noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stub1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stub1
Example Sentences
According to Roberts, Betts stubbed his toe after the team returned from this week’s trip on Wednesday.
He added stubbing out cigarettes properly was all the more important "with the warm weather and current wildfire warnings".
The absence of pay stubs “raises questions about whether 1Fifty1 deducts employment taxes from its employees’ wages, as is required by federal and state law,” the complaint said.
As she stubbed it out and prepared to go back into the meeting, she saw Tom coming in the opposite direction.
She said that during her various arrests, she was badly beaten, threatened with being shot in the leg and having a cigarette stubbed out on her back.
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