stub

[ stuhb ]

/ stʌb /

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.

stub nail.

something having the look of incomplete or stunted growth, as a horn of an animal.

Bridge. a part-score.

verb (used with object), stubbed, stub·bing.

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

before 1000; (noun) Middle English stubb(e), Old English stubb tree stump; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbi; akin to Old Norse stūfr stump; (v.) late Middle English stubben to dig up by the roots, clear stumps from (land), derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM stub

stub·ber, noun

Words nearby stub

stu, stuart, stuart factor, stuart, gilbert, stuarts, stub, stub axle, stub nail, stubbed, stubbies, stubble

Example sentences from the Web for stubber

Captain Stubber was a tall thin gentleman, probably over sixty years of age, with very seedy clothes, and a red nose.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite |Anthony Trollope
Mr. Hart was so far established and civilized as to keep a boy whom he called a clerk; but Captain Stubber seemed to keep nothing.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite |Anthony Trollope
From that day to the present he and Captain Stubber had been upon most intimate and confidential terms.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite |Anthony Trollope
Well, yes; but no doubt you have your profit in the delay, Captain Stubber.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite |Anthony Trollope

If Mr. Stubber should become an “absentee,” he can hardly, I think, be blamed for it.

Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) |William Henry Hurlbert

British Dictionary definitions for stubber

stub

/ (stʌb) /

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

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

verb stubs, stubbing or stubbed (tr)

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)

Word Origin for stub

Old English stubb; related to Old Norse stubbi, Middle Dutch stubbe, Greek stupos stem, stump

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stub

noun

verb (used with object), stubbed, stub·bing.

Origin of stub

OTHER WORDS FROM stub

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Example sentences from the Web for stubber

British Dictionary definitions for stubber

noun

verb stubs, stubbing or stubbed (tr)

Word Origin for stub

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stub

noun

verb (used with object), stubbed, stub·bing.

Origin of stub

OTHER WORDS FROM stub

Words nearby stub

Example sentences from the Web for stubber

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noun

verb stubs, stubbing or stubbed (tr)

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