[stʌb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use
(e.g: the ashtray was full of stubs)

- the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document
(e.g: retain your ticket stubs)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English stub(b) ‘stump of a tree’, of Germanic origin. The verb is first recorded (late Middle English) in sense 3; stub (mid 19th century) was originally a US usage

[stʌb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- accidentally strike (one's toe) against something
(e.g: I stubbed my toe, swore, and tripped)

- extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something
(e.g: she stubbed out her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray)

- grub up (a plant) by the roots
(e.g: he was found to have stubbed up a hedge)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English stub(b) ‘stump of a tree’, of Germanic origin. The verb is first recorded (late Middle English) in sense 3; stub (mid 19th century) was originally a US usage