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maggot
/ˈmæɡət/
noun 5verb 1adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, serious
VERB + MAGGOT
acting, give, stop, touch
MAGGOT + NOUN
catweazle, food, secretions
PREP.
in, out
ADV.
angrily
Definitions
noun
1
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
2
A worthless person.
Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
"Maggot!" said Catweazle angrily. "Sit thee down!"
3
A whimsy or fancy.
Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?
‘I am ashamed of him! how can he think of humouring you in such maggots!’
4
A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
(We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have to give my life, you can have it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots
5
Alternative form of MAGAt.
verb
1
To rid (an animal) of maggots.
In the summer I had to get the sheep penned twice a day to maggot them and I needed a good dog.
adj
1
Alternative form of maggoted (“drunk; intoxicated”).
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Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
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"Maggot!" said Catweazle angrily. "Sit thee down!"
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Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?
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In the summer I had to get the sheep penned twice a day to maggot them and I needed a good dog.
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Get your meat right into my office, you maggot.
Tatoeba · #209621406
What maggot bites you?
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