Used in a Sentence

maggot

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for maggot.

Editorial note

That just seems like the straightforward maggot plan though, once you read past the marketing hopium?

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of maggot gathered in one view.

noun

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.

noun

(slang, derogatory) A worthless person.

noun

(slang) A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for maggot.

noun

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.

noun

(slang, derogatory) A worthless person.

noun

(slang) A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.

verb

(transitive) To rid (an animal) of maggots.

Example sentences

1

That just seems like the straightforward maggot plan though, once you read past the marketing hopium?

2

Also, sterilized maggots are used for maggot debridement therapy to clean necrotic tissue from wounds.

3

At least one other hobbit has been described as knowing Bombadil--that is Farmer Maggot (the one Frodo used to steal mushrooms from).

4

Tech bros want to feed humans intellectual AI slop and physical maggot slop.

5

Also, cut a maggot up, and pus-like fluids come out of it.

6

I2P has dedicated.maggot links too for distributing files over that network.

7

One day, after taking an hallucinogen I put on Maggot Brain by the Funkadelic...

8

You’re a maggot to them, just another dust particle.

9

I do keep trying to appeal to purported conservative values, as the maggot movement basically fails every coherent single statement of them I've found.

10

The maggot movement is basically rooted in a lot of very real frustrations from very real longstanding problems, but the only thing it offers as solutions is performative vice signalling.

11

> Medicare decertified a Skyline facility in Tennessee from collecting reimbursements after a resident was discovered lying in feces with maggot-infested open wounds.

12

As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot.

Quote examples

1

Let me quote from the story: "[Bombadil] made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to Farmer Maggot, whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined.

2

This is addressed in the article: "Now, in his conversation with Frodo, Bombadil implies (but avoids directly stating) that he had heard of their coming from Farmer Maggot and from Gildor’s elves (both of whom Frodo had recently described).

Proper noun examples

1

Maggot lives west of the Brandywine, remained there when Frodo left, and never even knew that Frodo would be leaving the Shire.

2

Maggot Brain begins with on-the-nose apocalyptic imagery, but ends with a release and rebirth.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use maggot in a sentence?

That just seems like the straightforward maggot plan though, once you read past the marketing hopium?

What does maggot mean?

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.

What part of speech is maggot?

maggot is commonly used as noun, verb.