What (who) is stubs - definition
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Stubs; Stub (disambiguation); Stubb; Stubs (disambiguation)
stub
(stubs, stubbing, stubbed)
1.
The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the last short piece of it which remains when the rest has been used.
He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear.
...an ashtray of cigarette stubs.
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2.
A ticket stub is the part that you keep when you go in to watch a performance.
Fans who still have their original ticket stubs should contact Sheffield Arena by July 3.
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3.
A cheque stub is the small part that you keep as a record of what you have paid.
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4.
If you stub your toe, you hurt it by accidentally kicking something.
I stubbed my toes against a table leg.
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stub
n.
1) a pencil; ticket stub
2) a check (AE), cheque (BE) stub
Stub
·noun A log; a block; a blockhead.
II. Stub ·noun A pen with a short, blunt nib.
III. Stub ·vt To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
IV. Stub ·noun A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
V. Stub ·vt To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
VII. Stub ·noun A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
VIII. Stub ·noun The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
IX. Stub ·noun The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down;
- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Pronunciation examples for stubs
1. have the exact brand stubs of cigarettes.
Manhattan _ Sam Shaw, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg + More _ Talks at Google
2. stubs, the title search, the appraisal,
NYC Real Estate Investing _ Trisha Ocona Francis _ Talks at Google
3. dead flowers, dead insects, pasted ticket stubs, rusting coins,
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4. So I keep all the ticket stubs for the concerts
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5. Do you still have
the Jacobis' check stubs...
Red Dragon (2002)
Examples of use of stubs
1. In the saucer she is using as an ashtray, there are two crumpled stubs.
2. A Lebanese flag hung on the barbed wire, torn by its razor–like stubs.
3. Tape covers, old trainers, ticket stubs, ads in the Melody Maker – all are here.
4. That‘s like fellating someone who intermittently stubs fags out on your head for no good reason.
5. O‘Field said some scanners jammed after clerks failed to properly tear the stubs before feeding ballots into the machines.