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stub English

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What does stub mean?
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stub Noun

— A stub is a short piece of something left when the rest has been used. He chewed on the stub of his pencil. — A stub is the part of a ticket or cheque that you keep. He put the ticket stub into his pocket and entered the theatre. — A stub is something short and blunt. They cut off the branch, leaving a small stub. In Wiktionary and Wikipedia, a stub is an article that is short and not complete. He was angry, because the article he needed for his homework was just a stub.

stub Verb

— To stub is to put out something burning by crushing it. Before entering the building, he had to stub out his cigarette. — If you stub your toe, you hit it hard against something. I was scared walking in bare feet, because I could stub my toe. — To stub is to pull out by the roots. The farmer needed to stub his field before he could plant a new crop.

stub

— noun a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost — verb clear of weeds by uprooting them stub a field — verb strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken — noun a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt — noun the part of a check that is retained as a record — verb pull up (weeds) by their roots — verb extinguish by crushing stub out your cigarette now — noun (= butt) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) — noun (= nub) a small piece a nub of coal a stub of a pencil

Synonyms stub synonyms

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stub English » English

stump counterfoil butt put out snag quench extinguish wallop uproot stumble stubble strike stem smack nub knock hit check stub beat turn off tree stump ticket stub stub one’s toe stock stipe stalk snuff out sketch shorten score run up against run across root out remnant rampike outline kill find extirpate encounter cut off catch blockhead block base attain weed view unroot turn out

Topics stub topics

What do people use stub to talk about?
Person Healthy

Injure
Daily life Fire

Extinguish a fire
Physical actions Physical impact

Kick

Conjugation stub conjugation

How do you conjugate stub?

stub · verb

Examples stub examples

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Movie subtitles

Riddle-dee-dee, riddle-dee-doe. get thee hence and stub thy toe.
Hey, toss this stub bug out of here!
For the love of Mike, will you throw that ratty cigar stub away? Why should I?
It's written on the stub there.
Uh, stub here.
We found this stub in the pocket.
Where's your stub?
My stub?
What stub?
Sooner or later he will stub his toe and I'll be there.
Come on. Well, the parking stub.
I mean, you stub your toe, you gotta expect some scuff marks, huh?
Steve, you better watch it. You're going to draw back a bloody stub.
Wait, here's your stub. Ok, go on in. Enjoy the show.
You got a mouthpiece to take care of them in case they stub their toe?
For the love of Mike, will you throw that ratty cigar stub away? Why should I? Does it annoy you?
With that cigarette stub.
So they'd stub in the asphalt and stop them.
Madam, madam, could I see your stub a moment?
My stub? What stub?
Spew water from out rocks. Stub out the stars.
If it was a one-way, you'd still have the ticket stub and folder.
I mean sooner or later he will stub his toe and I'll be there.
A stub here.
I'll give you the stub later.
Do you stub it out?
Stub it out?
Stub out a cigar?
If it was a round-trip ticket, you'd have the return flight coupon. If it was a one-way, you'd still have the ticket stub and folder.
That means sooner or later, he'll stub his toe and I'll be there.
She was saying that she wanted to stub herself. Maitre Rocher explained to me everything.
I can now stub my toe with the best of them.
A ticket stub to a Barry Manilow concert.
Please retain your stub, sir.
Do you have your stub?
Who keeps the stub?

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