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(uncountable, slang) Food.

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📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand

' ; Chs.3 He's grubbed at Tom cutting him out.

Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(uncountable, slang) Food.

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  • “How is it that ordering groceries to be delivered is somehow even MORE of a pain in the ass than actually going to the grocery store?? Car is still out of commission, though, and we gotta get some grub since everything’s running out.”

  • “Started the working week with some restaurant-style grub: breaded plaice fillet in sauce 🤤 #food”

"The rice ration's down to nearly damn-all in the kampongs, but we keep finding dumps of grub in the forest."
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  • “How is it that ordering groceries to be delivered is somehow even MORE of a pain in the ass than actually going to the grocery store?? Car is still out of commission, though, and we gotta get some grub since everything’s running out.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Touche. ...god I should really grub more money huh”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Started the working week with some restaurant-style grub: breaded plaice fillet in sauce 🤤 #food”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Spidey Drone overslept but Grub Hub saved the day. #comics #space #adventure #icecream”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Not so much dancing as squirming like fat grub dragged out into the sunshine.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(Australia, slang) A dirty person.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(countable) An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.

Origin: From , grobben, from , from , from (compare , , ), from (see *grabaną). The noun sense of "larva" is from , grubbe, grobbe, crubbe and may derive from the notion of "digging insect" from the verb above, or from the uncertainly related . Compare . The slang sense of "food" is first recorded 1659, and has been linked with birds eating grubs or with bub. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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