stub
1 of 2noun
ˈstəb 
1
a
: stump sense 2
b
: a short piece remaining on a stem or trunk where a branch has been lost
2
: something made or worn to a short or blunt shape
especially : a pen with a short blunt nib
3
: a short blunt part left after a larger part has been broken off or used up
a pencil stub
4
: something cut short or stunted
5
a
: a small part of a leaf (as of a checkbook) attached to the spine for memoranda of the contents of the part torn away
b
: the part of a ticket returned to the user
stub
2 of 2verb
stubbed; stubbing
transitive verb
1
a
: to grub up by the roots
b
: to clear (land) by grubbing out rooted growth
c
: to hew or cut down (a tree) close to the ground
2
: to extinguish (something, such as a cigarette) by crushing
3
: to strike (one's foot or toe) against an object
Synonyms
Noun
- end
- fag end
- leftover
- oddment
- remainder
- remnant
- scrap
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun Hold onto your ticket stub in case you leave the theater and want to come back in again. an ashtray full of cigarette stubs
Recent Examples on the Web
Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Always leave a bit of the stub rather than cut right to the bark. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022 Later, the Robinson stub sold for $480,000, setting a new one. Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2022 This stub diary provides 32 sleeves for inserting priceless memorabilia and space to write next to the item. Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 24 Aug. 2022 After it had been passed around and smoked to a stub, the group stepped inside. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Include the remittance stub or write the account number on the check. cleveland, 6 May 2022 Instead, poll workers were having to look up voters in paper poll books and enter the stub numbers manually. Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 May 2022 When a voter checks in at the polls, the machines are supposed to verify the person is in the correct location and scan and record the stub number for that person’s ballot. Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 May 2022 Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 The city that never sleeps has always had a strong illicit cannabis market and adult-use legalization is unlikely to stub it out anytime soon. Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 See More
Noun
Come 1974, Watergate would obliterate that name, and the three-mile stub became the Marina Freeway. Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Always leave a bit of the stub rather than cut right to the bark. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022 Later, the Robinson stub sold for $480,000, setting a new one. Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2022 This stub diary provides 32 sleeves for inserting priceless memorabilia and space to write next to the item. Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 24 Aug. 2022 After it had been passed around and smoked to a stub, the group stepped inside. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Include the remittance stub or write the account number on the check. cleveland, 6 May 2022 Instead, poll workers were having to look up voters in paper poll books and enter the stub numbers manually. Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 May 2022 When a voter checks in at the polls, the machines are supposed to verify the person is in the correct location and scan and record the stub number for that person’s ballot. Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 May 2022 Verb
Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022 The city that never sleeps has always had a strong illicit cannabis market and adult-use legalization is unlikely to stub it out anytime soon. Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English stubb, from Old English stybb; akin to Old Norse stūfr stump, Greek stypos stem
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing stub
Kids Definition
stub 1 of 2
noun
ˈstəb
1
: a short part remaining after the rest has been removed or used up
a pencil stub
2
: a small part of a larger piece of printed paper (as a check or ticket) kept as a record of the purpose of the paper
stub
2 of 2verb
stubbed; stubbing
: to strike (as the toe) against an object
stubbing
verb
as in blowing out
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- blowing out
- smothering
- choking
- extinguishing
- suffocating
- rubbing out
- dousing
- snubbing (out)
- quenching
- stamping (out)
- blanketing
- dowsing
- putting out
- snuffing (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- firing
- lighting
- kindling
- igniting
- inflaming
- enflaming