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stub

Definition

  • noun: a short part left after a larger part has been broken off or used up
  • noun: a short piece remaining on a stem or trunk where a branch has been lost
  • verb: to put out (a cigarette) by pressing it down against something
  • verb: to grub up by the roots
  • usually + 'out'
  • synonyms: log, block, blockhead

Examples

  • Hold onto your ticket 'stub' in case you leave the theater and want to come back in again.

  • She 'stubbed her toe' against/on the leg of the chair.

  • He 'stubbed' his cigarette 'out' in/on the ashtray.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Get the fuck out of here. - Tyler? - No, this is Detective Stern of the Arson Unit. I need to see you... I went to all the cities on Tyler's used ticket stubs, barhopping. I didn't know how or why, but I could look at different bars, and somehow I just knew. I'm looking for Tyler Durden. (..)
    1999 Fight Club