Meaning & use
grubbing
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Digging in soil or searching through something in a messy or laborious way, often to find or clear something.
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The kids spent the afternoon grubbing around in the garden for worms.
He was grubbing through old boxes in the attic looking for the photo album.
A note on using this word
In informal slang, "grubbing" can also mean eating, as in "we were just grubbing on some pizza."
Words with a similar meaning
diggingrummagingscrabbling
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Slang: eating food, often casually or heartily.
The team was grubbing on burgers after the game.
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