grub

1. 1.

   ask for and get free; be a parasite

   Synonymsmoochbumcadgesponge

   Broaderobtain

   Narrowerfreeload
2. 2.

   search about busily

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Other forms of grub

plural

grubs·

past tense or participle

grubbed

present participle

grubbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grub

What does grub mean?

grub means "informal terms for a meal". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grub?

grub has 1 syllable: grub. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹʌb/.

What is another word for grub?

Close synonyms include chow, chuck, eats, mooch, bum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grub a common word?

grub is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.