stub out


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Verb1.stub out - extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
crush out, press out, extinguish
terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
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Translations
يُطْفِئُ السِّيجارَةيُطْفِئ السيجارَه
zamáčknout
skodde
tumpata
ugasiti cigaretu
drepa í
火をもみ消す
비벼 불을 끄다
släcka
ขยี้ให้ดับ
bastırarak söndürmeksigarayı söndürmek
dập tắt

stub

(stab) noun
1. a stump or short remaining end of eg a cigarette, pencil etc. The ashtray contained seven cigarette stubs.
2. the counterfoil or retained section of a cheque etc.
verb – past tense, past participle stubbed –
to hurt (especially a toe) by striking it against something hard. She stubbed her toe(s) against the bedpost.
ˈstubby adjective
being a stub, or short and thick like a stub. a stubby tail; stubby fingers.
stub out
to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing it against a hard surface.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

stub out

→ يُطْفِئُ السِّيجارَة zamáčknout skodde ausdrücken σβήνω τσιγάρο apagar tumpata écraser ugasiti cigaretu spegnere 火をもみ消す 비벼 불을 끄다 doven stumpe zgasić apagar гасить сигарету släcka ขยี้ให้ดับ sigarayı söndürmek dập tắt 踩熄
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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