The Meaning of stub

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A log; a block; a blockhead.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A pen with a short, blunt nib.
• (n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
• (v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
• (v. t.) To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
• (v. t.) To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.

Synonyms

nub , ticket stub , check stub , counterfoil , butt

Homophones

stubbe

Rhymes

bub , bubb , chubb , club , clubb , cub , drub , dub , grub , grubb , hub , jubb , nightclub , nub , pub , rub , scrub , shrub , snub , squib , strub , strubbe , stubbe , sub , tub , tubb , washtub