The word 'stub' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used as a noun to refer to a short remaining part of something that has been worn down or cut short, such as a pen, pencil, or cigarette. It can also be used as a verb to mean to cut or wear something down to a stub. For example: He stubbed the end of his pencil until it was too short to use.
The People's Choice Award is voted for by press, industry and punters alike; anyone who sees a public screening simply drops their ticket stub into a box if they feel it should win.
Not every investment that a company makes is into something you can stub your toe on.
A cigarette stub sits in the corner of his mouth.
One device that minimises overhang, popular on America's west coast, is the "stub option"—a short-term option that "vests" (becomes available for an employee to exercise) within 12 months but expires after 13.
He draws on his cigarette, the stub of an amputated little finger visible in his beefy hand.
But in practice, and contrary to current wisdom, Russia may stub its toes much more painfully on an encroaching EU than on an encroaching NATO.The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Cyprus, have so far remained fairly open to Russia since the collapse of communism.
(Only non-union workers, of course; the Teamsters would surely stub out such an idea).
The federal government here did not just stub its toe.
By blunting the effect of price increases, it may also affect attempts to stub out smoking.
The reason it is so hard not to swear in front of a child when you stub your toe is that you haven't consciously processed the words through the same part of the language engine that you would use to explain a maths problem.
Mr Mathews may long for citizens to deliberate about public policy, but he seems bound to stub his toe on the natural tendency of labour to divide and specialise.
