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Adjective: grubby (grubbier,grubbiest)  grú-bee
Usage: informal
  1. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
    "grubby little fingers";
    - begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy [informal], raunchy [US, informal], manky [Brit, informal], scungy [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  2. Infested with grubs
    "The grubby lawn needed treatment to eliminate the pest infestation"
Noun: grubby  grú-bee
  1. Small sculpin of the coast of New England
    "The grubby prefers shallow rocky areas near the shore";
    - Myoxocephalus aenaeus

Derived forms: grubbiest, grubbies, grubbier

See also: dirty, soiled, unclean

Type of: sculpin

Part of: genus Myxocephalus, Myxocephalus

Encyclopedia: Grubby