stub

Noun

• the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

• the part of a check that is retained as a record

• a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

• a small piece
  • a nub of coal
    
  • a stub of a pencil
    

• a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

Verb

• strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
  • She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken
    

• clear of weeds by uprooting them
  • stub a field
    

• extinguish by crushing
  • stub out your cigarette now
    

• pull up (weeds) by their roots

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  butt , check stub , counterfoil , ticket stub , nub