I. stub1 /stʌb/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: stybb]
1. the short part of something long and thin, such as a cigarette or pencil, that is left when the rest has been used:
a pencil stub2. the part of a ticket that is given back to you after it has been torn, as proof that you have paid:
a ticket stub3. a piece of a cheque left in a cheque book as a record after the main part has been torn out:
a check stub [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
hit to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc:
He hit him hard in the stomach. I don’t like to see people hitting a dog.beat to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard:
The girl had been beaten to death. He was beating the donkey with a stick.strike written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon.
Strike is more formal than
hit and is mainly used in written English:
Her husband struck her twice across the face. Police say that the man had been struck on the head.punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight:
I punched him on the nose. She was screaming and punching him with her fists.thump /θʌmp/
informal to punch someone very hard:
Sometimes I just want to thump him.beat somebody up to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times:
If I tell the police, they'll beat me up. He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes.slap to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them:
They had a big row and she ended up slapping him.spank (
also smack especially British English) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them:
Should a parent ever smack a child? I don’t agree with smacking. In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly.knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside:
Someone was knocking on the door. I knocked loudly but no one came.whack /wæk/
informal to hit something very hard:
Edmonds whacked the ball into the air.bash to hit something hard, especially in a way that causes damage:
The police had to bash the door down to get in.tap to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention:
I tapped him on the shoulder. I heard someone tapping on the window.rap to knock quickly or hit something several times:
He rapped the table with his pen to bring the meeting to order. Two police officers rapped on the door at 7 o'clock in the morning.bang to suddenly hit something hard, in a way that makes a loud noise:
Her father banged his fist down on the table angrily. The door suddenly banged shut.pound written to hit something many times with a lot of force:
I could hear the sea pounding on the rocks. She pounded on the door and shouted wildly.hammer written to hit something quickly many times making a loud continuous noise:
The rain was hammering on the roof. A crowd of people were outside hammering on the door angrily.bump to hit a part of your body against something, especially because you do not see or notice it:
Careful you don’t bump your head – the ceiling’s very low.bang/bash to hit something hard, so that you hurt yourself or damage something:
He banged into the car in front. I bashed my knee climbing over a gate. She fell and bashed her chin on the ground.stub to hit your toe against something and hurt it:
I stubbed my toe on the piano leg.bestseller a book that a lot of people buy:
His prize-winning book ‘A Year in Provence’ became an international bestseller.blockbuster a film that a lot of people watch, especially an exciting film:
a Hollywood blockbuster a blockbuster moviesell-out a concert, sports event etc which so many people want to see that all the tickets are sold:
The concert was a sell-out. the band’s sell-out tour of the UScult movie/band/figure etc a film, band, person etc that has become very popular and fashionable with a particular group of people:
a cult TV programmecraze something that suddenly becomes popular, so that a lot of people do it, buy it etc:
the latest dance craze that has been sweeping the US the craze for ultra expensive designer jeansfad informal something that is very popular for a short time – used about something that you disapprove of, which you do not think will last for very long:
Most diets are just fads. I think it’s a passing fad. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
hit:
I’ve got a bad bruise where I hit my leg against the table. The car hit a tree.bump to hit a part of your body against something, especially because you do not see or notice it:
Careful you don’t bump your head – the ceiling’s very low.bang/bash to hit something hard, so that you hurt yourself or damage something:
He banged into the car in front. I bashed my knee climbing over a gate. She fell and bashed her chin on the ground.stub to hit your toe against something and hurt it:
I stubbed my toe on the piano leg.injury damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack:
The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.wound an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb:
He died of a gunshot wound to the head.cut a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin:
Blood was running from a cut on his chin.bruise a dark mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit:
Jack often comes home from playing rugby covered in bruises.graze/scrape a small injury that marks your skin or breaks the surface slightly:
She fell off her bike and got a few grazes on her legs and knees.gash a long deep cut:
He had a deep gash across his forehead.sprain an injury to your
ankle,
wrist, knee etc, caused by suddenly twisting it:
It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle for a week.strain an injury to a muscle caused by stretching it or using it too much:
a muscle strain in his neckfracture a crack or broken part in a bone:
a hip fracture [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲