stub.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the remnant of a pencil or cigarette etc. after use.
2 the counterfoil of a cheque or receipt etc.
3 a stunted tail etc.
4 the stump of a tree, tooth, etc.
5 (attrib.) going only part of the way through (stub-mortise; stub-tenon).

--v.

tr. (stubbed, stubbing)
1 strike (one's toe) against something.
2 (usu. foll. by out) extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something.
3 (foll. by up) grub up by the roots.
4 clear (land) of stubs.

stub-axle an axle supporting only one wheel of a pair. [OE stub, stubb f. Gmc]

stub.html - n.
1 the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking up after the harvest.
2 a cropped hair or a cropped beard. b a short growth of unshaven hair.

stubbled adj. stubbly adj. [ME f. AF stuble, OF estuble f. L stupla, stupula var. of stipula straw]

stub.html - adj.
1 unreasonably obstinate.
2 unyielding, obdurate, inflexible.
3 refractory, intractable.

stubbornly adj. stubbornness n. [ME stiborn, stoburn, etc., of unkn. orig.]

stub.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

(stubbier, stubbiest) short and thick.

--n.

(pl. -ies) Austral. colloq. a small squat bottle of beer.

stubbily adv. stubbiness n.

stub.html - {v. phr.} To make you angry; bother you; annoy you. * /His parents' praise of his brother stuck in Jerry's craw./ * /Sue's failure to get a better grade than Ann stuck in her crop./

stub.html - {slang} Very much in love with; crazy about. * /Judy thinks she is very pretty and very smart. She is stuck on herself./ * /Lucy is stuck on the football captain./