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Stub   /stəb/   Listen
Stub

noun
1.
A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.
2.
A small piece.  Synonym: nub.  "A stub of a pencil"
3.
A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt.  Synonym: ticket stub.
4.
The part of a check that is retained as a record.  Synonyms: check stub, counterfoil.
5.
The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking).  Synonym: butt.
verb
(past & past part. stubbed; pres. part. stubbing)
1.
Pull up (weeds) by their roots.
2.
Extinguish by crushing.
3.
Clear of weeds by uprooting them.
4.
Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object.



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"Stub" Quotes from Famous Books



... 4 horses* at half the cost of one, and is always harnessed and never gets tired. With our Steel Stub Tower it is easy to put on barn. Send for elaborate designs ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls - Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 • Various
... Gwendolyn that it would be a very good idea to stop turning stones. The first one set bottom-side up had resulted in the arrival of Jane. And whereas the Policeman had appeared when the second was dislodged, here, following the accidental stub of a toe, were ...
— The Poor Little Rich Girl • Eleanor Gates
... He rushed from house to house till after bedtime—ten o'clock. Icicles from burst water-pipes hung along the skirt of his brown dog-skin overcoat; his plush cap, which he never took off in the house, was a pulp of ice and coal-dust; his red hands were cracked to rawness; he chewed the stub of a cigar. ...
— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis
... than we think. What such fellers as you want to do is to listen to what Christ says and not look at what some little two by four church member does. They aint worth that;" and he tossed his cigar stub to keep company with ...
— That Printer of Udell's • Harold Bell Wright
... his cigarette-stub airily—"to take off the survivors. The captain thought I might be able to make one load ...
— The U-boat hunters • James B. Connolly


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