Associations to the word «Stub»

STUB, noun. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

STUB, noun. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.

STUB, noun. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. ([1], [2], [3]).

STUB, noun. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. ([1], [2], [3])

STUB, noun. (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

STUB, noun. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog

STUB, noun. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract

STUB, noun. (obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.

STUB, noun. A pen with a short, blunt nib.

STUB, noun. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.

STUB, noun. The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

STUB, verb. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.

STUB, verb. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.

STUB, verb. To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

STUB END, noun. The enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened.

STUB IRON, noun. Iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails; once used in making gun barrels.

STUB MORTISE, noun. A mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed.

STUB NAIL, noun. An old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off.

STUB NAIL, noun. A short, thick nail.

STUB OUT, verb. (transitive) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.

STUB OUT, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To eradicate

STUB TWIST, noun. Material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.

STUB, noun. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.

STUB, noun. A small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil".

STUB, noun. A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt.

STUB, noun. The part of a check that is retained as a record.

STUB, noun. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking).

STUB, verb. Pull up (weeds) by their roots.

STUB, verb. Extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now".

STUB, verb. Clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field".

STUB, verb. Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken".