stub
stub /st'ʌb/ (stubs stubbing stubbed)
1 [N-COUNT] with supp
The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the last short piece of it which remains when the rest has been used.
He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear.
...an ashtray of cigarette stubs.
2 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A ticket stub is the part that you keep when you go in to watch a performance.
Fans who still have their original ticket stubs should contact Sheffield Arena by July 3.
3 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A cheque stub is the small part that you keep as a record of what you have paid.
4 [VERB] V n
If you stub your toe, you hurt it by accidentally kicking something.
I stubbed my toes against a table leg.stub out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
When someone stubs out a cigarette, they put it out by pressing it against something hard.
Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.
= put out
1 [N-COUNT] with supp
The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the last short piece of it which remains when the rest has been used.
He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear.
...an ashtray of cigarette stubs.
2 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A ticket stub is the part that you keep when you go in to watch a performance.
Fans who still have their original ticket stubs should contact Sheffield Arena by July 3.
3 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A cheque stub is the small part that you keep as a record of what you have paid.
4 [VERB] V n
If you stub your toe, you hurt it by accidentally kicking something.
I stubbed my toes against a table leg.stub out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
When someone stubs out a cigarette, they put it out by pressing it against something hard.
Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.
= put out