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What is the noun for grubs?

What's the noun for grubs? Here's the word you're looking for.

grubber

One who grubs.
A machine or tool of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc.
(rugby) (also grubber kick), an attacking short distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.
(cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly
(Britain, slang, dated) A sweetshop.
Synonyms:

slave, drudge, worker, toiler, dogsbody, peon, drone, drudger, slavey, grub, grunt, plugger, slogger, labourer, laborer, foot soldier, servant, workhorse, lackey, menial, skivvy, scullion, gofer, serf, galley slave, maid of all work, man of all work, minion, factotum, servitor, runner, menial worker, running dog, hewer of wood and drawer of water, underling, handyman, retainer, girl Friday, farmhand, man Friday, odd job, varlet, help, peasant, gopher, chattel, bondman, villein, slaveling, poodle … more

Examples:

“The grubber was used to break up the land to get it ready for sowing and planting.”

“A bowler, bowling a grubber to prevent a winning run being scored, defies the conventions of cricket, but not its rules.”

“He oscillates between being a grade grubber and not really caring much at all.”

grub

(countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
(uncountable, slang) Food.
(obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
Synonyms:

food, fare, eats, provisions, victuals, chow, comestibles, eatables, viands, foodstuffs, vittles, sustenance, provender, edibles, chuck, rations, nourishment, nosh, meat, bread, nutriment, feed, aliment, scoff, commons, tucker, table, supplies, refreshments, stores, nibbles, meals, subsistence, vivers, cooking, tuck, cuisine, viaticum, commissariat, solids, baking, nurture, daily bread, kai, foodstuff, snack, groceries, meal, pabulum, nutrition … more

Examples:

“I grabbed some grub and found a seat, settling in for a three-hour seminar on fundraising.”

“An egg hatches and a grub emerges, which bores its way into the wood by eating the wood and excreting the wood in the form of pellets or dust.”

“It wasn't my responsibility to check whether or not the books actually existed. That would be the fortunate job of some other low-paid grub.”

grubbing

The act by which something is grubbed, or dug up.

grubling

A small, young, or miniature grub.
Examples:

“Hurrying, sometimes leaping from boulder to boulder but never once glancing back or stopping to rest its heavy satchel, the grubling led them further down the gorge.”

grubworm