Grub vs. Grubby — What's the Difference?

To dig up by or as if by the roots

Manuel Schenkhuizen (Dutch: [ˈmaːnyˌʋɛl ˈsxɛŋkˌɦœy̯zə(n)]), also known as Grubby, is a Dutch professional esports player. He competes in the real-time strategy games Warcraft III (WC3), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and Starcraft II. As an Orc player, Schenkhuizen has won more than 38 LAN tournaments, of which six are World Championships.

To clear of roots and stumps by digging

Dirty; grimy

(Slang) To obtain by importunity

Infested with grubs.

To dig in the earth

Contemptible; despicable

To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.

Dirty, unwashed, unclean.

To toil arduously; drudge

(figurative) Disreputable, sordid.

The thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.

Having grubs in it.

A drudge.

Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

(Slang) Food.

Dirty; unclean.

(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.

Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Food.

Small sculpin of the coast of New England

A dirty person.

Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

A despicable person; a lowlife.

(obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.

To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.

(ambitransitive) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.

To supply with food.

To eat.

To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

To drudge; to do menial work.

To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; - followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.

To supply with food.

The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; - called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

A short, thick man; a dwarf.

Victuals; food.

Informal terms for a meal

A soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

Ask for and get free; be a parasite

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