1. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
   "The old oak was covered in stubs where branches had been cut"
    
2. A small piece
   "a stub of a pencil";
   - nub
    
3. A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
   "He kept the ticket stub as a souvenir of the concert";
   - ticket stub
    
4. The part of a check that is retained as a record
   "He kept all his check stubs for tax purposes"; "He always kept his cheque stubs for tax purposes";
   - check stub [US], counterfoil [Brit], cheque stub [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
   "The detective found a cigar stub at the crime scene";
   - butt
    
6. (computing) placeholder code that simulates the behaviour of missing components
   "The developer used stubs to test the payment interface"

1. Pull up (weeds) by their roots
   "He spent the afternoon stubbing dandelions from the lawn"
    
2. Extinguish a cigarette or similar by placing or crushing the burning end against something
   "stub out your cigarette now";
   - extinguish, stub out, press out
    
3. Clear of weeds by uprooting them
   "stub a field"
    
4. Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
   "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"

Derived forms: stubbing, stubbed, stubs

Type of: collide with, deracinate [formal], extinguish, extirpate [formal], hit, impact, impinge on, part, piece, plant part, plant structure, portion, quench, receipt, record, root out, run into, snuff out, strike, uproot, weed

Encyclopedia: Stub