How to pronounce maggot
American English pronunciation
MAG-ut
- IPA
- /ˈmæɡət/
- Syllables
- MAG · ut (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What maggot means
A soft, legless baby fly that looks like a tiny worm
In a sentence: The farmer found a maggot wriggling inside a rotten apple.
Where it comes from: It probably comes from an older word, maddock, that meant worm or maggot. The word also once meant a silly idea, because people used to think a person with odd ideas had maggots in their head.
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