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grub

  [gruhb] noun, verb, grubbed, grub⋅bing.
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–noun
1. the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
2. a dull, plodding person; drudge.
3. an unkempt person.
4. Slang. food; victuals.
5. any remaining roots or stumps after cutting vegetation to clear land for farming.
–verb (used with object)
6. to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.
7. to dig up by the roots; uproot (often fol. by up or out).
8. Slang. to supply with food; feed.
9. Slang. to scrounge: to grub a cigarette.
–verb (used without object)
10. to dig; search by or as if by digging: We grubbed through piles of old junk to find the deed.
11. to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge: It's wonderful to have money after having to grub for so many years.
12. to engage in laborious study.
13. Slang. to eat; take food.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME grubbe (n.), grubben (v.); akin to OHG grubilōn to dig, G grübeln to rack (the brain), ON gryfia hole, pit; see grave 1 , groove

Related forms:
grubber, noun
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grub   (grŭb)   
v.   grubbed, grub·bing, grubs

v.   tr.

  1. To dig up by or as if by the roots: grubbed carrots with a stick.

  2. To clear of roots and stumps by digging: grubbed a small plot.

  3. Slang To obtain by importunity: grub a cigarette.

v.   intr.

  1. To dig in the earth: grub for potatoes.

    1. To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.

    2. To toil arduously; drudge: grub for a living.

n.  

  1. The thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.

  2. A drudge.

  3. Slang Food.


[Middle English grubben, from Old English *grybban; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]
grub'ber n.
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Slang Dictionary
grub [grəb]

  1. n.
    food. : Hey, this grub's pretty good.
  2. in.
    and grub up. to eat [a meal]. : Let's grub up and get going.
  3. tv.
    to eat something; to eat a meal. : Are you going to grub that whole pizza?
  4. n.
    an earnest student. (Collegiate. See also grade-grubber.) : The test was so hard, even the grubs did poorly.
  5. n.
    a sloppy person. (From grub worm.) : Don is such a grub all the time.

  6. Go to grubbies. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

grub  (v.)
c.1300, from hypothetical O.E. *grubbian, from W.Gmc. *grubbjan (cf. O.H.G. grubilon "to dig, search," Ger. grübeln "to meditate, ponder"), from P.Gmc. *grub- "to dig," base of O.E. grafan (see grave (v.)). The noun sense of "larva" (c.1400) is perhaps from the notion of "digging insect," or from the possibly unrelated M.E. grub "dwarfish fellow." The slang sense of "food" is first recorded 1659, said to be from birds eating grubs, but also often linked with bub "drink." Grubby is c.1845, from grub (n.) in a sense of "dirty child," who presumably got that way from digging in earth.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: grub
Pronunciation: 'gr&b
Function: noun
: a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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