Dictionary Definition
stub
Noun
1 a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem
where a branch is lost
2 a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a
pencil" [syn: nub]
3 a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder
as a receipt [syn: ticket
stub]
4 the part of a check that is retained as a
record [syn: check stub,
counterfoil]
5 the small unused part of something (especially
the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt] v : strike against an object;
"She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" [syn:
scrape, skin, abrade] [also: stubbing, stubbed]stubbed See stub