grubby Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small sculpin of the coast of New England
    Myxocephalus aenaeus.
  2. adjective infested with grubs
  3. adjective satellite thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
    begrimed; grimy; dingy; raunchy; grungy.
    • a miner's begrimed face
    • dingy linen
    • grimy hands
    • grubby little fingers
    • a grungy kitchen

WordNet

Grub"by adjective
Etymology
From Grub.
Definitions
  1. Dirty; unclean. Colloq.
    The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.
Grub"by noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. Local, U. S.

Webster 1913