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   stub

   /stʌb/

   noun

   • 1. the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use: "the ashtray was full of stubs" Similar buttendtail endremnantinformal:dog-endfag endstumpremnantendtail endremains
   • ▪ a truncated or unusually short thing: "he wagged his little stub of tail"
   • ▪ denoting a projection or hole that goes only part of the way through a surface: "a stub tenon"
   • 2. the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document: "retain your ticket stubs" Similar counterfoilticket slipdetachable portioncoupontabreceipt

   verb

   • 1. accidentally strike (one's toe) against something: "I stubbed my toe, swore, and tripped"
   • 2. extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something: "she stubbed out her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray"
   • 3. grub up (a plant) by the roots: "he was found to have stubbed up a hedge"

   Word Origin Old Englishstub(b) ‘stump of a tree’, of Germanic origin. The verb is first recorded (late Middle English) in sense 3; stub (sense 1 of the verb) (mid 19th century) was originally a US usage.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • S

     1

   • T

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   • U

     1

   • B

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