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    stub
    [stəb]
    noun
    stub (noun) · stubs (plural noun)
    1. the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use:
      "the ashtray was full of stubs" · "a pencil stub" · "the stub of a candle"
      • 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 part of a check, receipt, ticket, or other document torn off and kept as a record:
      "retain your ticket stubs" · "he drew out his checkbook and checked the stubs"
    verb
    stub (verb) · stubs (third person present) · stubbed (past tense) · stubbed (past participle) · stubbing (present participle)
    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"
    3. dig up (a plant) by the roots:
      "he was found to have stubbed up a hedge"
    Origin
    Old English stub(b) ‘stump of a tree’, of Germanic origin. The verb is first recorded (late Middle English) in sense 3; stub (mid 19th century) was originally a US usage.
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    noun
    1. the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use:
      butt
      end
      tail end
      remnant
      dog-end
      fag end
      stump
      remains
      • the part of a check, receipt, ticket, or other document torn off and kept as a record:
        counterfoil
        coupon
        tab
        receipt
        ticket slip
        detachable portion
      verb
      1. extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something:
        extinguish
        put out
        douse
        smother
        choke
        stamp out
        blow out
        quench
        turn out
        dampen
        stub out
        damp down
        Opposite:
        light
        ignite
       
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    1. Merriam Webster
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      What is a stub called?
      1. a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc: a cigar stub. 3. (Banking & Finance) 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 5. (Forestry) the stump of a tree or plant 6.

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      What is a stub in a sentence?
      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. As a verb, stub most often means "strike painfully against something," and it's toes that you most often stub: "Put your shoes on before you run around in the yard, or you'll stub your toe again!"

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      What is a stub of a tree?
      The stump of a tree or plant. A short piece or length remaining after the main part has been removed or used up. Something cut short or arrested in development. A stub of a tail. Any short projection. A mere stub of a horn. The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment. To dig or pull (weeds, etc.) out by the roots.

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      What does stubbed mean?
      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. stub nail. something having the look of incomplete or stunted growth, as a horn of an animal. Bridge. a part-score. stubbed, stubbing. I stubbed my toe against the step.

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      What is the difference between a stub and a cheque?
      1. The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the last short piece of it which remains when the rest has been used. [...] 2. A ticket stub is the part that you keep when you go in to watch a performance. [...] 3. A cheque stub is the small part that you keep as a record of what you have paid. [...] Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

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      What is a ticket stub?
      A ticket stub is the part that you keep when you go in to watch a performance. She keeps all her gig ticket stubs at home in a frame. A cheque stub is the small part that you keep as a record of what you have paid. If you stub your toe, you hurt it by accidentally kicking something. I stubbed my toes against a table leg. [VERB noun]

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      Learn the noun and verb meanings of stub, a word that can refer to a tree stump, a short piece, or an accidental blow. See synonyms, sentences, and origin of stub.

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