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grub

   [gruhb] noun, verb, grubbed, grub·bing.
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.
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verb (used with object)
6.
to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.
7.
to dig up by the roots; uproot (often followed by up or out).
8.
Slang. to supply with food; feed.
9.
Slang. to scrounge: to grub a cigarette.

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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; Middle English grubbe (noun), grubben (v.); akin to Old High German grubilōn to dig, German grübeln to rack (the brain), Old Norse gryfia hole, pit; see grave1, groove

Related forms
grub·ber, noun
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Main Entry:  grubs
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See grubbies
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Word Origin & History

grub
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
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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.
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grub definition

[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. :
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