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grade-grubbing

grade-grubbing is the present participle and gerund of grade-grub.

Meaning of grade-grub

Verb

grade-grub (third-person singular simple present grade-grubs, present participle grade-grubbing, simple past and past participle grade-grubbed)

  1. (US, derogatory, intransitive, university slang) To engage in grade grubbing.

Questions about grade-grubbing

What is grade-grubbing the present participle and gerund of?
Grade-grubbing is the present participle and gerund of grade-grub.

Words near grade-grubbing in the dictionary

  1. grade two
  2. grade zero
  3. grade-A
  4. grade-grub
  5. grade-grubbed
  6. grade-grubbing
  7. grade-grubs
  8. Grade-Ruan
  9. grade-separated
  10. grade-taking
  11. gradeability

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