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  • verb Present participle of stub.

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Examples

  • It could have been because she stubbed her toe, or it could have been because she thought she stubbed her toe, and the idea of stubbing her toe was stressful enough an event to cause her to cry.

    15 Annoying Things Most Girlfriends Do (That You Have to Put Up With) | Manolith 2010

  • I ran home in the rain, cursing your name and stubbing my feet.

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • I ran home in the rain, cursing your name and stubbing my feet.

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • I ran home in the rain, cursing your name and stubbing my feet.

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • A good way to save space is to implement email archiving that employs what is known as stubbing — stubbing gets rid of attachments on emails and replaces them with a stub file that enables the entire email to be recalled from the archive.

    Enterprise IT Planet News 2009

  • "with my sharp sword stubbing him where the midriff holds the liver," for how could they then get out?

    Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Denton Jaques Snider 1883

  • Prior to Exchange 2010, most organizations that wanted to implement unlimited mailbox sizes were forced to use some sort of "stubbing" technology -- a clumsy feature that forces end users to connect to external systems to read their email.

    TechNewsWorld Lee Dumas 2010

  • ... and don't forget to mention that it takes twice as long to recover from a serious injury such as stubbing one's toe or banging one's shin on the bed frame.

    Make Mine a Double 2008

  • But city officials say they're hopeful the new ban will be self-enforcing, with most people stubbing out their butts when alerted by passersby or city officials.

    Hot Air Over City's New Smoking Ban Michael Howard Saul 2011

  • He joked around with reporters, compared players getting hurt to kids stubbing their toes and then seized an opportunity to mock NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

    Steelers Linebacker Mocks Roger Goodell Michael Klopman 2011

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