grubby

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɹʌbi/
  • Rhymes: -ʌbi

Adjective

grubby (comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest)

  1. Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
    He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
  2. Having grubs in it.
    • 1944, National Live Stock Loss Prevention Board, Report, page 694:
      The United States Department of Agriculture states that grubs cost the livestock industry from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 each year. The average devaluation on grubby cattle is from 25 cents to one dollar per cwt.

Translations

Noun

grubby (plural grubbies)

  1. (US, dialectal) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
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