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    [Verb]  | "grub" | \ ˈgrəb \


    1: to clear by digging up roots and stumps

    2: to dig up by or as if by the roots

    3: to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English grubben; akin to Old English grafan to dig {mat|grave|};

    [Noun]  | "grub" 


    1: a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect (such as a beetle)

    2: one who does menial work : drudge

    3: a slovenly person

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English grubbe, from grubben;

    [Noun]  | "Grub Street" | \ ˈgrəb- \


    1: the world or category of needy literary hacks

    Origin: 1630 ;

     Grub Street, London, formerly inhabited by literary hacks;

    [Noun]  | "cattle grub" 


    1: either of two warble flies (genus Hypoderma) especially in the larval stage:

    2: common cattle grub

    3: a related warble fly (H. bovis)

    Origin: 1926 ;

    [Noun]  | "common cattle grub" 


    1: a cattle grub (Hypoderma lineatum) which is found throughout the U.S. and whose larva is particularly destructive to cattle

    Origin: 1929 ;

    [Noun]  | "white grub" 


    1: a grub that is a destructive pest of grass roots and is the larva of various beetles and especially june bugs

    Origin: 1740 ;

    [Noun]  | "grub" 


    1: substances intended to be eaten;


      * e.g., " ... after the game, we headed to the diner for some hearty grub "



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    2: a person who does very hard or dull work;


      * e.g., " ... you may have to spend some time working as a grub before challenging work comes your way "



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    [Verb]  | "grub" 


    1: to devote serious and sustained effort;


      * e.g., " ... grubbing away at the yard work before the first snow of the season "



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    [Verb]  | "grub (about)" 


     [ "grub" ]

    1: food

      * e.g.,  ... I'm hungry. Let's get some grub 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: A dirty, uncouth person who does not have proper hygeine, often characterised by a low level of education, often engaging in disgusting behaviours and often associated with hardcore illicit drug use.

      * e.g.,  ... Look at the grubs hanging around the Methadone clinic. 

     [ "grub" ]

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

     [ "grub" ]

    1: 1) n. Synonym for food.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) You hungry? Let's get some grub. 

     [ "grub" ]

    2: 2) adj. descriptor for delightfully tastey food

      * e.g.,  ... 2) This pizza is fuckin' grub, dude. 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: A person who seeks what they see by insistent solicitation and entreaty. Characterized by some presumption that they have a right to possess what they see even if it is yours. A grub will often consistently nag you if they really want what you got. Sometimes the only defence to a grub is to tell them to get the hell away from you and to get their own.

      * e.g.,  ... normal person: Hey check out my new Mickey Mantle baseball card. 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: The female reproductive organ according to Australian Minister for Education Christopher Pyne.

      * e.g.,  ... You're such a grub! 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: verb: to eat, especially heartily

      * e.g.,  ... My stomach's eating my backbone dude, let's stop and grub. 

     [ "grub" ]

    2: grubbed: past tense of grub

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I left my shades back where we grubbed! 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: Shortened version of grubby; an adjective to describe one's uncleanliness.

      * e.g.,  ... "Err my feet are well grub" 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: In L.A. slang something that is extremely delicious and fulfills a deep hunger, especially when one is drunk and or high.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn, that Burrito was grub as fuck!!! 

     [ "grub" ]

    1: a person who is an overall cheap ass, unable to pay for other peoples expenses yet alone their own. generally unclean, smells bad, wears same clothes for days on end, showers on an annual basis.

      * e.g.,  ... David Mickleburgh: I've got 5 cents to spare, whos gonna buy me food and some new clothes Person 1: Youre such a fucking grub 

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