Stub - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |stʌb|  American pronunciation of the word stub
Brit.  |stʌb|  British pronunciation of the word stub

noun

- a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
- a small piece (syn: nub)
a stub of a pencil
- a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
- the part of a check that is retained as a record (syn: counterfoil)
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) (syn: butt)

verb

- pull up (weeds) by their roots
- extinguish by crushing
stub out your cigarette now
- clear of weeds by uprooting them
stub a field
- strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken

Extra examples

Hold onto your ticket stub in case you leave the theater and want to come back in again.

...an ashtray full of cigarette stubs...

Please stub out your cigarettes in the objects provided and not on the table top.

She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken

When I went to the Super Bowl, I kept my ticket stub as a souvenir.

If you leave the theater, you won't be allowed to reenter without showing a ticket stub.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: stub
he/she/it: stubs
present participle: stubbing
past tense: stubbed
past participle: stubbed
noun
singular: stub
plural: stubs
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