stub

Meanings

• a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• a small piece
  • "a stub of a pencil"
• a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
• the part of a check that is retained as a record
• the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
• pull up (weeds) by their roots
• extinguish by crushing
  • "stub out your cigarette now"
• clear of weeds by uprooting them
  • "stub a field"
• strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
  • "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"

Synonyms

butt, check stub, counterfoil, nub, ticket stub