stub
English
Etymology
From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”).
Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: stŭb, IPA(key): /stʌb/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌb
Noun
stub (plural stubs)
- Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
- Dryden
- And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
- Dryden
- A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
- check stub, ticket stub, payment stub
- (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
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- 1996, Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal:
- Even though the stub is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.
- (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
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- 2002, Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware:
- After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.
- (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
- The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
- An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
- (obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- A pen with a short, blunt nib.
- A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
- The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
Antonyms
- (computing) skeleton (4)
Hyponyms
- stubble
- stump
Derived terms
- pencil stub
- pay stub
Translations
something cut short, blunted, or stunted
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a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
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computing: a placeholder procedure
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computing: procedure that translates external requests into a suitable format
(wikis) page providing minimal information
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remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
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finance: part of a financial swap contract
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
Verb
stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)
- To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
- To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
- To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
- I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.
Derived terms
- unstubbed
Translations
to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
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to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
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to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
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References
- “stub” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Further reading
- stub in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- stub in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- stub at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- BTUs, bust, but's, buts, tubs
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- stȗp
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stûːb/
Noun
stȗb m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)
- pillar
- column (upright supporting beam)
Declension
Declension of stub
singular | plural | |
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nominative | stub | stubovi |
genitive | stuba | stubova |
dative | stubu | stubovima |
accusative | stub | stubove |
vocative | stube | stubovi |
locative | stubu | stubovima |
instrumental | stubom | stubovima |