grunt

grunt  (grnt)

v. grunt·ed, grunt·ing, grunts

v.intr.

1. To utter a deep guttural sound, as a hog does.

2. To utter a sound similar to a grunt, as in disgust.

v.tr.

To utter or express with a deep guttural sound: He merely grunted his approval.

n.

1. A deep guttural sound.

2. Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Haemulidae that, upon removal from the water, produce grunting sounds by rubbing together tooth plates in the throat.

3. Slang An infantryman in the U.S. military, especially in the Vietnam War: "They were called grunts....They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war" Bernard Edelman.

4. Slang One who performs routine or mundane tasks.

5. New England A dessert made by stewing fruit topped with pieces of biscuit dough, which steam as the fruit cooks. Also called slump.

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[Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan; probably akin to grunnian, to make a loud noise, grunt, of imitative origin.]

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grunter n.

grunting·ly adv.

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grunt

Verb

1. to make a low short gruff noise, such as the sound made by a pig, or by a person to express annoyance

2. to express (something) gruffly: he grunted his thanks

Noun

a low short gruff noise, such as the sound made by a pig, or by a person to express annoyance [Old English grunnettan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grunt - the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs oink noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
	2.	grunt - an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
	3.	grunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes family Haemulidae, Haemulidae - grunts Haemulon album, margate - a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil Haemulon macrostomum, Spanish grunt - a kind of grunt Haemulon aurolineatum, tomtate - found off the West Indies and Florida cottonwick, Haemulon malanurum - of warm Atlantic waters Haemulon parra, sailors choice, sailor's-choice - a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico Anisotremus virginicus, pork-fish, porkfish - black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil Anisotremus surinamensis, black margate, pompon - dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward Orthopristis chrysopterus, pigfish, hogfish - found from Long Island southward
Verb	1.	grunt - issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

Translations

grunt [grʌnt] vi → gruñir

n → gruñido

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grunt [grʌnt] vi → grogner

n → grognement m

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grunt [grʌnt] vi → grunzen

n → Grunzen nt

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grunt [grʌnt] vi → grugnire

n → grugnito