Hurt toe — slippery start with bath? (4)
I believe the answer is:
stub
'hurt toe' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'slippery start with bath?' is the wordplay.
'start with' suggests taking the first letters.
'bath?' becomes 'tub' (synonyms).
The initial letter of 'slippery' is 's'.
's'+'tub'='STUB'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stub that I've seen before include "Counterfoil - fag end" , "Strike against hard object - one's toe, perhaps" , "Objections after picking up" , "Put out" , "Short bit of pencil, say" .)