"mulligrubs" meaning in English

See mulligrubs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-mulligrubs.ogg
Etymology: From 16th century. Origin unknown. Perhaps based on mull (“dirt”) + grub. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mull|grub|t1=dirt}} mull (“dirt”) + grub Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} mulligrubs pl (plural only)
  1. (obsolete) colic Tags: obsolete, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-mulligrubs-en-noun-LbcX0qxB
  2. (slang) sullenness; sulky behaviour Tags: plural, plural-only, slang
    Sense id: en-mulligrubs-en-noun-UPoy3FFR
  3. (regional) low spirits, mild depression, the blues Tags: plural, plural-only, regional Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms (depression): blue devils
    Sense id: en-mulligrubs-en-noun-UPLagyJW Disambiguation of Emotions: 2 38 60 Categories (other): Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 25 73 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 5 14 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 24 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 25 74 Disambiguation of 'depression': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: molligrubs, mollygrubs, mulleygrubs, mullygrubs Synonyms (stomachache): collywobbles
Disambiguation of 'stomachache': 0 0 0

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mull",
        "3": "grub",
        "t1": "dirt"
      },
      "expansion": "mull (“dirt”) + grub",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 16th century. Origin unknown. Perhaps based on mull (“dirt”) + grub.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "mulligrubs pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "colic"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulligrubs-en-noun-LbcX0qxB",
      "links": [
        [
          "colic",
          "colic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) colic"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "sullenness; sulky behaviour"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulligrubs-en-noun-UPoy3FFR",
      "links": [
        [
          "sullenness",
          "sullenness"
        ],
        [
          "sulky",
          "sulky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) sullenness; sulky behaviour"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 25 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 14 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 24 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 25 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 38 60",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "en:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "low spirits, mild depression, the blues"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulligrubs-en-noun-UPLagyJW",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "spirits",
          "spirits"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "blues",
          "blues"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regional) low spirits, mild depression, the blues"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "depression",
          "word": "blue devils"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-mulligrubs.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/En-au-mulligrubs.ogg/En-au-mulligrubs.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-au-mulligrubs.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "molligrubs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mollygrubs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mulleygrubs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mullygrubs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "sense": "stomachache",
      "word": "collywobbles"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mulligrubs"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English pluralia tantum",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Emotions"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mull",
        "3": "grub",
        "t1": "dirt"
      },
      "expansion": "mull (“dirt”) + grub",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 16th century. Origin unknown. Perhaps based on mull (“dirt”) + grub.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "mulligrubs pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "colic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colic",
          "colic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) colic"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sullenness; sulky behaviour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sullenness",
          "sullenness"
        ],
        [
          "sulky",
          "sulky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) sullenness; sulky behaviour"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Regional English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "low spirits, mild depression, the blues"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "spirits",
          "spirits"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "blues",
          "blues"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regional) low spirits, mild depression, the blues"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-mulligrubs.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/En-au-mulligrubs.ogg/En-au-mulligrubs.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-au-mulligrubs.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "molligrubs"
    },
    {
      "word": "mollygrubs"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulleygrubs"
    },
    {
      "word": "mullygrubs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "stomachache",
      "word": "collywobbles"
    },
    {
      "sense": "depression",
      "word": "blue devils"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mulligrubs"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mulligrubs meaning in English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.