grubbing definition
grubbing. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to clear by digging up roots and stumps. 3  2 : to dig up by or as if by the roots. 4  intransitive verb. 5  1a : to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extractb : to search about grubbed in the countryside for food â Lamp. 6  2 : toil, drudge grubbing along at newspaper jobs â Walter Kirn.