intransitive verb grubbed, grubbing grub′·bing

1. to dig in the ground
2. to work hard, esp. at something menial or tedious; drudge
3. to search about; rummage

4. Etymology: < grub

   Slang to eat

Etymology: ME grubben, to dig, prob. < OE *grybban (akin to OHG grubilōn, to bore into): for IE base see grave

transitive verb

1. to clear (ground) of roots and stumps by digging them up
2. to dig up by or as by the roots; root out; uproot

noun

1. the short, fat, wormlike larva of certain insects, esp. of a beetle
2. a person who works hard at some menial or tedious work; drudge

3. Etymology: < ? notion “what is grubbed for”

   Slang food

Etymology: ME grubbe, prob. < the v.