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Definition stub

Etymology

From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”).

Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.

Noun

stub (plural stubs)

  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
  2. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
  3. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
  4. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
  5. (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
  6. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
  7. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
  8. (obsolete) A log or block of wood.
  9. (obsolete) A blockhead.
  10. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
  11. An old and worn horseshoe nail.
  12. Stub iron.
  13. The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

Verb

stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
  2. (transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
  3. (transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

Results 466 Words with the letters STUB

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8 letter words with the letters STUB 
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6 letter words with the letters STUB 
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BESMUT 13
BESTUD 11
BLUEST 11
BLUETS 11
BLUNTS 12
BLURTS 11
BRUITS 10
BRUNTS 11
BRUTES 10
BUNDTS 12
BURETS 10
BURSTS 10
BUSTED 11
BUSTER 10
BUSTIC 13
BUSTLE 11
BUTEOS 10
BUTLES 11
BUTTES 10
BUTUTS 11
BUTYLS 13
CUBIST 13
CUBITS 13
DEBUTS 11
DOUBTS 11
OBTUSE 10
QUBITS 19
REBUTS 10
ROBUST 10
SACBUT 13
SAGBUT 12
STUBBY 15
SUBITO 10
SUBLET 11
SUBLOT 11
SUBMIT 13
SUBNET 11
SUBSET 10
SUBTLE 11
SUBTLY 13
TABUNS 11
THUMBS 15
TUBERS 10
TUBIST 10
TURBOS 10
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BUST 8
BUTS 8
STUB 8
TUBS 8
3 letter words with the letters STUB 
BUS 7
BUT 7
SUB 7
TUB 7
UTS 4
2 letter words with the letters STUB 
US 3
UT 3

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