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    stub
    /stʌb/

    noun

    • 1. the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use: "the ashtray was full of stubs" Similar buttendtail endremnant
    • 2. the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document: "retain your ticket stubs" Similar counterfoilticket slipdetachable portioncoupon

    verb

    • 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"

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  2. STUB definition: 1. the short part of something that is left after the main part has been used, especially a…. Learn more.

  3. : a short piece remaining on a stem or trunk where a branch has been lost. 2. : something made or worn to a short or blunt shape. especially : a pen with a short blunt nib. 3. : a short blunt part left after a larger part has been broken off or used up. a pencil stub. 4. : something cut short or stunted. 5. a.

  4. STUB meaning: 1. the short part of something that is left after the main part has been used, especially a…. Learn more.

  5. Stub definition: a short projecting part.. See examples of STUB used in a sentence.

  6. 1. countable noun. The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the last short piece of it which remains when the rest has been used. He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear. [ + of] ...an ashtray of cigarette stubs. Synonyms: butt, end, stump, tail [informal] More Synonyms of stub.

  7. 1. a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc: a cigar stub. 2. the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc. 3. (Banking & Finance) US and Canadian the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction.

  8. The small remainder of something is a stub. If you sharpen your favorite pencil obsessively, soon you'll be left with just a stub. Anything that's leftover or unusually short can be a stub, from the ticket stub you're handed in the theater to your dog's little stub of a tail.

  9. STUB definition: 1. the short end piece of something such as a cigarette or pencil that is left after it has been…. Learn more.

  10. Stub definition: The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up.

  11. (in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each page, for keeping a record of the content of the part that has been filled out and torn away: We checked our stubs and found that we had written a check already.