Associations to the word «Stub»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras