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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

grunt [grʌnt] vi → grogner

n → grognement m

grunt [grʌnt] vi → grunzen

n → Grunzen nt

grunt [grʌnt] vi → grugnire

n → grugnito

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grunt

v grunt [grant]

1 to make a low, rough sound The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food. brom, knor قُباع: صَوت الخنزير грухтя chrochtat grynte grunzen γρυλίζω gruñir röhkima خر خر کردن röhkiä grogner לנחור सुअर की तरह घौं घों करना roktati röfög menggeruh rÿta, rymja grugnire ぶうぶう鳴く 꿀꿀거리다 kriuksėti rukšķēt mendengus knorren grynte chrząknąć grunhir a grohăi хрюкать krochkať kruliti groktati grymta คำรามเสียงออกจมูก hırıldamak 作呼嚕聲 рохкати گہری غرّانے جیسی آواز ủn ỉn (lợn) 作呼噜声

2 (of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me. brom يُهَمهِمُ، يُغَمْغِمُ متذمرا сумтя brblat grynte; brumme brummen μουγκρίζω decir gruñendo uratama با صدای خر خر مانند گفتن murahtaa grommeler לנחור घुर्र-घुर्र करते हुए व्यक्त करना gunđati morog menggeram rymja borbottare ぶつぶつ言う 불평하다 burbtelėti, (su)niurnėti ņurdēt mendengus brommen, grommen grynte burknąć resmungar a mormăi проворчать mrmlať godrnjati promumlati grymta fram ทำเสียงฮึดฮัด homurdanmak 咕噥著說出 бурчати غرّانے کے انداز میں کہنا càu nhàu 咕哝着说出

n

a low, rough sound a grunt of disapproval. gebrom قُباع الخنزير، همهمه، غمغمَه сумтене chrochtání, brblání brummen das Grunzen μουγκρητό, γρύλισμα gruñido uratus خر خر murahdus grognement נחירה घुरघुराहट gunđanje, mrmljanje morgás geraman rÿt borbottio ぶうぶう言う声 투덜거리는 소리 burbtelėjimas ņurdēšana dengus brommen, grommen grynt(ing) mruknięcie resmungo mormăit ворчанье mrmlanie godrnjanje groktaj grymtning, grymtande เสียงฮึดฮัดแสดงความไม่พอใจ homurtu, hırıltı 哼哼聲 бурчання غرّاہٹ tiếng kêu ủn ỉn (lợn); tiếng lẩm bẩm 哼哼声