stubbed: meaning and definitions

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What is stubbed?

What is stubbed?

  • The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up: a pencil stub; a cigarette stub.
  • Something cut short or arrested in development: a stub of a tail.
  • The part of a check or receipt retained as a record. The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment.
  • An entry that has minimal text, no text, or has not been written in full in an online reference work.
  • To pull up (weeds) by the roots. To clear (a field) of weeds.
  • To strike (one's toe or foot) against something accidentally.
  • To snuff out (a cigarette butt) by crushing.

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