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stubbed

[ stuhb-id, stuhbd ]

adjective

  1. reduced to or resembling a stub; short and thick; stumpy.
  2. abounding in or rough with stubs. stub.


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Other Words From

  • stubbed·ness noun
  • un·stubbed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stubbed1

First recorded in 1520–30; stub 1 + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

Crocs, the colorful clog company long loathed by fashionistas, has stubbed its toe again.

The garden had contained fruit trees; but these he stubbed up, and instead planted the whole garth with potatoes.

Geo took two steps backwards, clutched at his stubbed arm, and threw up.

A rig drew up at the door, and a short, stubbed, red-bearded man stepped out.

The first time that White-Lamb saw the bushes, he stubbed his nose into them, and then cried out because the thorns pricked.

I stubbed my toe at the very start of this cross-country run, and that lost me all chance of coming in ahead.

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