I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cheque stub (= the part of a cheque that stays in your cheque book when you have written a cheque )
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Check your cheque stubs to see when you wrote the cheque.
put out/stub out a cigarette (= stop it burning )
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Kit stubbed out her cigarette in the fireplace.
stubbed...toe (= hurt it by kicking it against something )
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He stubbed his toe on a rock.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cigar stub
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A steady paper trail of bills, grades, pay stubs, and catalogs helps us create our individual identity.
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And he did keep the check stub in his wallet like a picture of his kids.
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Eventually both of the door's plastic hinge stubs broke, and it fell off!
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He grinds the stub down carefully and looks at it an instant reverentially.
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Last night's jam-jars, with their stubs of candle, had been knocked over.
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So far about 25% of those ticket stubs have been returned with the appropriate £2.
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The valve can still be operated by gripping the stub in a pair of pliers, but it will defeat small children.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cigarette
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She stood up and stubbed out her cigarette .
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She located an ashtray on the chest of drawers and stubbed out her cigarette .
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Perry, who has heard, stubs his cigarette and swears.
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Kitty seemed surprised by the unexpected support, but she stubbed out the cigarette anyway.
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She stubbed out her cigarette and yawned.
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He carefully stubbed out the cigarette , opened the door and walked in.
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He stubbed out his cigarette , smoothed his already immaculate hair.
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Michael stubbed out his cigarette , grinding it into the ashtray with such force Joe thought it would surely break.
toe
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As a prominent figure in Rottweiler rescue, she's stubbed her toe on more unfair bullying and downright idiocy than most.
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It is one thing to say it when you stub your toe .
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Striding away from the house, Carolyn stubbed her toe badly on a brick end and had to sit down to nurse it.
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Never mind that the offense continued to stub its toe on all but one trip inside Minnesota territory on the afternoon.
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Distracted, Luce stubbed her toe against a piece of raised planking and tripped.
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Jackie seemed to float upwards and Sam stubbed his toe .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a prominent figure in Rottweiler rescue, she's stubbed her toe on more unfair bullying and downright idiocy than most.
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Dexter lounged in, sucked the last goodness from his cigarette and stubbed out the butt in Blanche's wastepaper bin.
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He drew deeply on a cigarette, stubbing it afterwards in an ashtray which held an extraordinary number of butts.
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Never mind that the offense continued to stub its toe on all but one trip inside Minnesota territory on the afternoon.
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Perry, who has heard, stubs his cigarette and swears.
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She stood up and stubbed out her cigarette.
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Striding away from the house, Carolyn stubbed her toe badly on a brick end and had to sit down to nurse it.