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grubs

/ɡɹʌbz/

grubs is the plural of grub.

grubs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grub.

Meaning of grub

Noun

grub (countable and uncountable, plural grubs)

  1. (countable) An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.
    Synonyms:
    larva
  2. (slang, uncountable) Food.
    • pub grub
  3. (Australia, slang) A dirty person.
  4. (Australia, slang) A despicable person; a lowlife.
  5. (obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
    • John Romane, a short clownish grub, would bear the whole carcase of an ox, yet never tugged with him.1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC

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Phrases with grubs

Words that rhyme with grubs

Questions about grubs

What is grubs the plural of?
Grubs is the plural of grub.
How do you pronounce grubs?
Grubs is pronounced /ɡɹʌbz/.

Words near grubs in the dictionary

  1. grublike
  2. grubling
  3. grublings
  4. Grubmeyer
  5. grubroot
  6. grubs
  7. grubs along
  8. grubs out
  9. grubs up
  10. grubstake
  11. grubstaked

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