to stub out a cigarette

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• stub out something — stub out (something) to stop something from burning or smoking by pressing it against something. She used the edge of the ashtray to stub out her cigarette. He dropped the cigar on the street without stubbing it out …   New idioms dictionary

• stub out — (something) to stop something from burning or smoking by pressing it against something. She used the edge of the ashtray to stub out her cigarette. He dropped the cigar on the street without stubbing it out …   New idioms dictionary

• stub out — verb extinguish by crushing (Freq. 1) stub out your cigar • Syn: ↑crush out, ↑extinguish, ↑press out • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminate …   Useful english dictionary

• stub out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stub out : present tense I/you/we/they stub out he/she/it stubs out present participle stubbing out past tense stubbed out past participle stubbed out to press a cigarette hard against a surface to make it… …   English dictionary

• stub out — PHRASAL VERB When someone stubs out a cigarette, they put it out by pressing it against something hard. [V P n (not pron)] Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes. [Also V n P] Syn: put out …   English dictionary

• stub out — phr verb Stub out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cigar, ↑cigarette …   Collocations dictionary

• stub out — verb a) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip. b) To eradicate …   Wiktionary

• cigarette — n. 1) to light (up); puff on, smoke a cigarette 2) to roll a cigarette (he used to roll his own cigarettes) 3) to extinguish. put out, stub out a cigarette 4) a live cigarette 5) a filter tip; king size; low tar; mentholated cigarette 6) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• stub something out — ˌstub sthˈout derived to stop a cigarette, etc. from burning by pressing the end against sth hard • He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. Main entry: ↑stubderived …   Useful english dictionary

• stub — [stub] n. [ME < OE stybb, akin to ON stubbr: for IE base see STOCK] 1. the stump of a tree or plant 2. a short piece or length remaining after the main part has been removed or used up [the stub of a tail, cigar, pencil, etc.] 3. any short… …   English World dictionary

• stub — ► NOUN 1) the remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar shaped object after use. 2) a shortened or unusually short thing. 3) the counterfoil of a cheque, ticket, or other document. ► VERB (stubbed, stubbing) 1) accidentally strike (one s toe)… …   English terms dictionary