stub out
B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
Press a cigarette against something hard to put it out.
Literal meaning: To stub (press firmly) something out — pressing the burning tip of a cigarette into a surface until the fire goes out.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To put out a cigarette, cigar, or similar item by pressing the lit end firmly against a hard surface such as an ashtray.
"He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and stood up to leave."
"She stubbed out her cigarette and immediately lit another."
— Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (1953)
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Almost exclusively used with cigarettes, cigars, or joints. Very common in everyday British and American English. The image is of pressing (stubbing) the lit end until it goes out.
Commonly used with
cigarette cigar ashtray butt end
Forms
Base
stub out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
stubs out
he/she/it
Past simple
stubed out
yesterday
Past participle
stubed out
have + pp
-ing form
stubing out
continuous
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