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In some senses, maggot is marked as derogatory, slang, archaic, offensive, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
A worthless person.
Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
"Maggot!" said Catweazle angrily. "Sit thee down!"
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!’
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
Alternative form of MAGAt.
verb
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
Alternative form of maggoted (“drunk; intoxicated”).