[stuhb] 
,| stocky; squat. |
[stuhb] ,noun, verb, stubbed, stub⋅bing.| 1. | a short projecting part. |
| 2. | a short remaining piece, as of a pencil, candle, or cigar. |
| 3. | (in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each leaf, for keeping a record of the content of the part filled out and torn away. |
| 4. | the returned portion of a ticket. |
| 5. | the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground; stump. |
| 6. | something having a short, blunt shape, esp. a short-pointed, blunt pen. |
| 7. | stub nail. |
| 8. | something having the look of incomplete or stunted growth, as a horn of an animal. |
| 9. | Bridge. a part-score. |
| 10. | to strike accidentally against a projecting object: I stubbed my toe against the step. |
| 11. | to extinguish the burning end of (a cigarette or cigar) by crushing it against a solid object (often fol. by out): He stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray. |
| 12. | to clear of stubs, as land. |
| 13. | to dig up by the roots; grub up (roots). |
