stubnoun [ C ]
uk/stʌb/us/stʌb/the short part of something that is left after the main part has been used, especially a cigarette after it has been smoked or one of the small pieces of paper left in a book from which cheques or tickets have been torn
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Tobacco & smoking
- baccy
- butt
- cheroot
- cig
- cigar
- cigarette butt
- cigarette paper
- e-cigarette
- light (sth) up
- nicotine
- nicotine patch
- non-smoker
- non-smoking
- pipe
- roll-your-own
- second-hand smoke
- smoke
- smoker
- smoking
- tobacconist
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Things remaining
stubverb
uk/stʌb/us/stʌb/stub your toe
to hurt your toe by hitting it against a hard object by accident
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bang
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- bump
- cannon
- catch
- ding
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- sideswipe
- smash
- smash-up
- stack
- strike
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Phrasal verb(s)
stub sth out