stub
pronunciation
How to pronounce stub in British English:
UK [stʌb]
How to pronounce stub in American English:
US [stʌb]
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- Noun:
- a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
- a small piece
- a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
- the part of a check that is retained as a record
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
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- Verb:
- strike against an object
Word Origin
- stub (n.)
- Old English stybb "stump of a tree," from Proto-Germanic *stubjaz (cognates: Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from PIE root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Extended 14c. to other short, thick, protruding things. Meaning "remaining part of something partially consumed" is from 1520s.
- stub (v.)
- mid-15c., "dig up stumps, dig up by the roots," from stub (n.). The sens of "strike (one's toe) against" something projecting from a surface is first recorded 1848. Meaning "to extinguish a cigarette" is from 1927. Related: Stubbed; stubbing.
Example
- 1. And I found a pay stub at her apartment .
- 2. Where did I put the damn stub ?
- 3. I 'd better hold on my ticker stub in case they won 't let me in .
- 4. I can 't write with this pencil stub .
- 5. You prepared to let me stub it out on your eyeball ?