grunter

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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grunter [ˈgrʌntə]

n

1. a person or animal that grunts, esp a pig

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for grunt [4]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grunter - a person who grunts individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	grunter - domestic swine                       pig, squealer, Sus scrofa, hog swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae porker - a pig fattened to provide meat trotter - foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food porc, pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig lard - soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog