stub en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /stʌb/
- (US) audio
- stŭb
- /stʊb/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
Etymology
From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr, Faroese stubbi (“stub”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”). Doublet of stob. Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.
Meanings
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Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
ticket stub
payment stub
check stub
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A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
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.
2000, Nell B. Dale, Chip Weems, John W. McCormick, Programming and Problem Solving with ADA 95, 2nd edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 352:
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A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
The server performs the server RPC runtime library functions to accept the request and call the server stub procedure. […] After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.
2002, Judith M. Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 7:
- (in tabular matter) A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
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(qualifier:wiki jargon) An article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
A stub is usually long enough to serve as a quick definition, but too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject (see Figure 4-2).
2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 66:
- (qualifier:radio frequency circuits) A length of transmission line or waveguide that is connected at one end only.
- 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 or block of wood.
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(obsolete) A blockhead.
I doubt not but ye ſhall have more adoe to drive out dulleſt and lazieſt youth, our ſtocks and ſtubbs from the infinite deſire of such a happy nurture, then we have now to hale and drag our choiſeſt and hopefulleſt wits to that aſinine feaſt of ſowthiſtles and brambles[.]
[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC, page 3:
- A pen with a short, blunt nib.
- An old and worn horseshoe nail.
- Stub iron.
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The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
They found stubs, stubs of marijuana cigarettes.
1970, Jeff Wanshel, The Disintegration of James Cherry, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stubs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
mock object · skeleton · substub · mock
Deriveds
stubbie · stub end · stubless · stub mortise · pay stub · stubtail · stubbify · stub axle · stubby · stub twist · stub-tailed morpho · stub-tail · candlestub · stub nail · pencil stub · stubify · stublike
Hyponyms
Synonyms
Translations (82)
es tocón (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · ko 그루 (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · arz تقاوى ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · bg талон (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · uk коріне́ць (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · pt esboço ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · cs odřezek (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · sv stump (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · pl zalążek artykułu ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · gl bosquexo ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · ru огры́зок (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fr ébauche ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · it matrice (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · gl cañota (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · gl taloco (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fr souche (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · de Stumpf (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · es desprendible (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · ko 토막글 ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · fr souche (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · nl stomp (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fi tynkä (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · sh mrva ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · sl škrbina ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · ar بذرَة ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · es esbozo ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · de Abriss ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · pt toco (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · da stump (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · gl reigoto (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · de Abreißzettel (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · ko 그루터기 (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · bg остатък (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · ca esborrany ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · pt canhoto (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · es cepa (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · it mozzicone (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · bg парче (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · hu csonka (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · cy eginyn ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · fi töpö (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · ru болва́нка ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · es resguardo (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · fr moignon (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fi tynkä (remaining part of the docked tail of a dog) · es talón (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · el λήμμα προς επέκταση ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · ru корешо́к (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · nl beginnetje ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · hy կճատ (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · de Stummel (remaining part of the docked tail of a dog) · nv tsehégod (computing: a placeholder procedure) · fi tynkä ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · tr kütük (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · pt talão (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · es cachito (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · he גֶּדֶם (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · gl pedomeiro (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fr talon (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · ga snab (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · de Stummelschwanz (remaining part of the docked tail of a dog) · it moncherino (remaining part of the docked tail of a dog) · gl touza (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fi kanta (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · tr taslak ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · izh tynkä (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · ru обло́мок (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · de Stummel (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · cs pahýl ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · hy կոճղ (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · gl carnoca (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · fr moignon (remaining part of the docked tail of a dog) · it abbozzo ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · de Stutzen (computing: a placeholder procedure) · de Stub (computing: a placeholder procedure) · cs pařez (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · gl cachopa (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · ga snabóg (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · cs pahýl (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) · ru корешо́к (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) · hu csonk ((wikis) page providing minimal information) · bg мъниче ((wikis) page providing minimal information)