grubby

Meanings

• adjective

  1. Covered in dirt or other impurities; unclean.

  - "The child's hands were grubby after playing in the mud."
  - "The grubby old clothes were piled up in the corner."

• adjective

  2. (slang) Eager, especially for food.

  - "The grubby student couldn't wait for lunch."
  - "The grubby squirrel was searching for acorns."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with grubby
crabby , grobby , clobby , scrubby

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Variants

List of all variants of grubby that leads to same result
grubbier , grubbiest , grubbily , grubbiness , grubbinesses , grubby

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'clumsy' or 'awkward' in Old English, but its meaning evolved to 'covered in dirt' by the Middle Ages.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'grubby' is related to the word 'grub,' which means 'to dig up' or 'to search for food.'

2. In some dialects, 'grubby' can also be used as a verb to mean 'to search for food.'

3. The word 'grubby' has been in use since at least the 15th century.

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Related Concepts

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1. Cleanliness: Grubby is the opposite of cleanliness, and the two concepts are closely related.

2. Dirt: Grubby is often used to describe something that is covered in dirt.

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Culture

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Grubby has been used in various forms of literature, particularly in children's stories, to describe characters or situations. It can also be found in poetry and songs, often used to describe the feeling of being dirty or unclean.

How to Memorize "grubby"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a child's hands covered in mud, or a squirrel rummaging through leaves and acorns.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of being dirty or unclean, or with the image of something covered in dirt.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first definition: 'Grubby is something that is covered in grime or dirt.'

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