Meanings
noungrade grubber (plural grade grubbers)
plural grade grubbers
- USderogatoryslangA student who engages in grade grubbing; someone seeking to improve their grades by sucking up or by trying to negotiate for any additional marks.
I was also a grade grubber, not an uncommon affliction. During my first term of high school, I complained to my counselor that my Latin teacher had not given me the A that I fiercely believed I deserved.
2016 March 5, Jay Mathews, “I was a grade grubber, but now I favor trends that down play grades”, in Washington Post
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