stub

noun

• 1the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use: the ashtray was full of stubs a pencil stub the stub of a candle
• a truncated or unusually short thing:he wagged his little stub of tail
• [as modifier] denoting a projection or hole that goes only part of the way through a surface:a stub tenon

• 2the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document: retain your ticket stubs he drew out his chequebook and checked the stubs

verb (stubs, stubbing, stubbed)

• 1accidentally strike (one’s toe) against something:I stubbed my toe, swore, and tripped

• 2extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something:she stubbed out her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray

• 3grub up (a plant) by the roots:he was found to have stubbed up a hedge