Associations to the word «Grub»

Wiktionary

GRUB, noun. (countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.

GRUB, noun. (uncountable) (slang) Food.

GRUB, noun. (obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.

GRUB, verb. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.

GRUB, verb. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.

GRUB, verb. (slang) To supply with food.

GRUB STREET, proper noun. The home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks.

GRUB, noun. Informal terms for a meal.

GRUB, noun. A soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.

GRUB, verb. Ask for and get free; be a parasite.

GRUB, verb. Search about busily.

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