The definition of a stub is the remaining part, after the majority of something has been removed.
(noun)An example of a stub is what's left of a doberman pinscher dog's tail once most of it has been removed.
Stub is defined as to hit your foot or toe against something by accident.
(verb)An example of stub is slipping on your sandal and hitting your big toe on the sidewalk.
See stub in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OE stybb, akin to ON stubbr: for IE base see stock
transitive verb stubbed, stubbing
See stub in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English stubbe, tree stump
Origin: , from Old English stybb
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