stub
/stʌb/
noun
- A short remaining piece of something after the main part has been used or broken off, such as a pencil, cigarette, or ticket.
- The ticket stub was the only proof he had of being at the concert.
- She threw the pencil stub into the trash.
- He put out his cigarette and kept the stub in the ashtray.
- A short, blunt piece that sticks out, like a small branch or a piece of a plant left in the ground.
- He stepped on a sharp stub of a branch while walking barefoot.
- I tripped over a stub of a root in the garden.
- The tree was cut down, leaving only a stub in the yard.
verb
- To accidentally hit your toe or foot against something hard.
- He stubbed his toe so hard that he hopped around in pain.
- I stubbed my toe on the coffee table in the dark.
- She stubbed her foot against a rock while hiking.
- To press a cigarette or cigar against a surface to stop it burning.
- He stubbed his cigarette out in the ashtray.
- She stubbed the cigar against the wall before entering the building.
- Please stub your cigarette in the sand before you leave the beach.
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