maggot

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: faggot, magot, margot, baggot

Antonyms: faggot, magot, margot, baggot

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[soft]], [[legless]] [[larva]] of a [[fly]] or other [[dipteran]] [[insect]], that often [[eat]]s [[decompose|decomposing]] [[organic]] [[matter]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|vulgar|slang|derogatory}} A [[worthless]], [[obnoxious]] or [[contemptible]] [[person]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|archaic|or|dialect}} A [[whimsy]] or [[fancy]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[fan]] of the American [[metal]] [[band]] {{w|Slipknot (band)|Slipknot}}.
5. {{lb|en|US politics|slang|offensive|derogatory}} {{alternative form of|en|MAGAt}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To rid (an animal) of maggots.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|colloquial|Australia}} {{alt form|en|maggoted||drunk; intoxicated}}.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.