Maggot

Noun

 * 1) A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
 * 2) A term of insult for a 'worthless' person, as if a bug.
 * Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
 * 1)  A whimsy or fancy.

Synonyms

 * grub

Derived terms

 * maggoted
 * maggoting
 * maggotish


 * maggotorium
 * maggoty
 * maggotiness

Related terms

 * mawk
 * mawkish

Thesaurus
alabaster, apparition, arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, bee, beetle, boutade, brainchild, brainstorm, bubble, bug, capriccio, caprice, caterpillar, centipede, chalk, chilopod, chimera, chrysalis, cocoon, conceit, crank, craze, crazy idea, crotchet, daddy longlegs, delirium, diplopod, driven snow, eidolon, fad, fancy, fantasque, fantastic notion, fantasy, fiction, figment, fleece, flimflam, flour, fly, foam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, grub, hallucination, harebrained idea, harvestman, hexapod, humor, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, insect, insubstantial image, invention, ivory, kink, larva, lily, make-believe, megrim, milk, millepede, millipede, mite, myth, notion, nymph, nympha, paper, passing fancy, pearl, phantasm, phantom, pupa, quirk, romance, scorpion, sheet, sick fancy, silver, snow, spider, swan, tarantula, thick-coming fancies, tick, toy, trip, vagary, vapor, vision, whim, whim-wham, whimsy, wiggler, wildest dreams, wriggler

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"m{g@t/}}