stub
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stub (plural stubs)
- Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
- And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
- A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
- check stub, ticket stub, payment stub
- (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
- (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
- (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
- The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
- An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
- (obsolete) A log or block of wood.
- (obsolete) A blockhead.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- A pen with a short, blunt nib.
- An old and worn horseshoe nail.
- Stub iron.
- The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
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Translations[edit]
something cut short, blunted, or stunted
a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
computing: procedure that translates external requests into a suitable format
(wikis) page providing minimal information
remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
finance: part of a financial swap contract
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Verb[edit]
stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)
- (transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
- (transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
- (transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
- I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- stub in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- stub in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- stub at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Serbo-Croatian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stȗb m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)
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