stub
1a 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.
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 by out): He stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray.
to clear of stubs, as land.
to dig up by the roots; grub up (roots).
Origin of stub
1Other words from stub
- stubber, noun
Words Nearby stub
How to use stub in a sentence
When the sensor detects movement in a dark room, it will light up so you don’t stub your toe in the middle of the night.
Either stubbing your toe or appearing through the grass at about chest height, these walls direct and disrupt your path.
How geological research has upended our understanding of historical African farming | Mary Evans | May 29, 2021 | QuartzWithout it we wouldn’t know if we stubbed our toes or burned our skin.
The audit also found the company paid some employees in cash with handmade receipts for which it couldn’t provide stubs.
Wage Theft Is Common for Low-Level Workers, and Officials Are Starting to Take Notice | Jesse Marx and Maya Srikrishnan | May 19, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoI was actually going through check stubs last night and I was going through old paperwork, and I found a bunch of old check stubs from my job and I’m like, “Wow.”
I felt there were a lot of ways that I could spend the stub end of my life cycle that were more productive.
Instead, they were forced to compromise by having him stub out a cigarette.
From ‘American Hustle’ to ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ Why Is Hollywood Hooked On Embellishing the Truth? | Marina Watts, Marlow Stern | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat did you do—go through his wastebasket and find his pay stub?
Halfway down the hill one of her skis must have struck somethingperhaps the stub of a bush sticking out of the snow.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonWith this he severed clean the broken half of the boom, tying the ends of the rigging to the short stub that was left.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithThe last sight we have of him is as he violently resists a grown-up sister who is trying to take away the stub!
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonHe wrote for a few seconds, tore the check from the stub, and handed it to Joyce.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod RaineThen, if you happen to stub your toe over some useful gadget, they increase your pay.
Islands of Space | John W Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for stub
/ (stʌb) /
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
US and Canadian 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
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)
Origin of stub
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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