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

dirty

• Bulgarian: мърляв (bg) (mǎrljav), оцапан (bg) (ocapan)
• Dutch: groezelig (nl), smerig (nl), vuil (nl)
• Estonian: kasimatu
• Finnish: likainen (fi)
• French: crasseux (fr)
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• Italian: sudicio (it)
• Norman: malpropre m or f
• Polish: umorusany, brudny (pl)
• Portuguese: encardido (pt) m
• Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj), (sloppy) неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj)

having grubs in it

• Bulgarian: червив (červiv)
• Dutch: wormstekig (nl)
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• Russian: черви́вый (ru) (červívyj)
• Spanish: pulgoso m

Noun

grubby (plural grubbies)

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