the stub of a cigarette

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• stub — [[t]stʌ̱b[/t]] stubs, stubbing, stubbed 1) N COUNT: with supp The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the last short piece of it which remains when the rest has been used. He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear. ...an ashtray of… …   English dictionary

• stub — I UK [stʌb] / US verb [transitive] Word forms stub : present tense I/you/we/they stub he/she/it stubs present participle stubbing past tense stubbed past participle stubbed to hit your toe against something accidentally in a hard and painful way… …   English dictionary

• cigarette butt — cigarette butts N COUNT A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it. Syn: butt, stub (in BRIT, also use cigarette end) …   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 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

• cigarette — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ lighted, lit, unlit ▪ He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair. ▪ half smoked ▪ illicit ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• cigarette butt — noun small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking • Hypernyms: ↑butt, ↑stub • Part Holonyms: ↑cigarette, ↑cigaret, ↑coffin nail, ↑butt, ↑fag * * * cigarette end …   Useful english dictionary

• stub — stub1 [ stʌb ] verb transitive to hit your toe against something accidentally in a hard and painful way ,stub out phrasal verb transitive to press a cigarette hard against a surface to make it stop burning stub stub 2 [ stʌb ] noun count 1. ) the …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stub — [stʌb] verb [T] I to hit your toe against something accidentally so that it hurts • stub sth out II noun [C] stub [stʌb] the part of something that remains after you have used the rest a pencil/cigarette stub[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• 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