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maggot

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A worthless, obnoxious or contemptible person.
    Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
  3. noun A whimsy or fancy.
  4. noun A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
  5. noun Alternative form of MAGAt.
  6. verb To rid (an animal) of maggots.
  7. adjective Alternative form of maggoted (“drunk; intoxicated”).

Similar words

fly larval worm slug ringworm mole stick cabbage view viewing

Often followed by

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Word family

maggots maggoty

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