stub

/stˈʌb/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
2. a small piece
   “a nub of coal”
3. a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
4. the part of a check that is retained as a record
5. the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

verb

1. pull up (weeds) by their roots
2. extinguish by crushing
   “stub out your cigarette now”
3. clear of weeds by uprooting them
   “stub a field”
4. strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
   “She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken”

Synonyms for stub

• nub
• ticket stub
• check stub
• counterfoil
• butt

Words that rhyme with stub

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