n.
- the larva of an insect, especially a beetle.
▸a maggot or small caterpillar.
- informal food.
v.
(grubs, grubbing, grubbed)
- dig shallowly in soil.
▸
(grub something up)
dig something up.
- search clumsily and unmethodically.
- do demeaning work in order to achieve something.
Etymology
ME: perh. rel. to Du. grobbelen, also to grave1.