stub out

verb

To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.

“He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and went back inside.”

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snubstubextinguishcrush outpress out
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Meanings

verbstub out (third-person singular simple present stubs out, present participle stubbing out, simple past and past participle stubbed out)

present singular third person stubs out · participle present stubbing out · participle past stubbed out · past stubbed out

  1. transitiveTo extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.

    He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and went back inside.

    Synonyms: snub

  2. idiomatictransitiveTo eradicate.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.

Similar
snub

More synonyms by meaning

verbextinguish by crushing

Similar
stubextinguishcrush outpress out
Broader
snuff outblow outextinguish
Also see
crush outextinguishpress outstub

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

stub out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stub%20out

MLA

“stub out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stub%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stub out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stub%20out.

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