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GRUBBY (grubbier, grubbiest)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does grubby mean?

• GRUBBY (noun)
The noun GRUBBY has 1 sense:

1. small sculpin of the coast of New England

Familiarity information: GRUBBY used as a noun is very rare.

• GRUBBY (adjective)
The adjective GRUBBY has 2 senses:

1. infested with grubs
2. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Familiarity information: GRUBBY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRUBBY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small sculpin of the coast of New England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grubby; Myxocephalus aenaeus

Hypernyms ("grubby" is a kind of...):

sculpin (any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths)

Holonyms ("grubby" is a member of...):

genus Myxocephalus; Myxocephalus (grubby)

• GRUBBY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Infested with grubs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Synonyms:

begrimed; dingy; grimy; grungy; grubby; raunchy

Context examples:

a miner's begrimed face / dingy linen / grimy hands / grubby little fingers / a grungy kitchen

Similar:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

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