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grunt
[ gruhnt ]
verb (used without object)
- to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- to utter a similar sound.
- to grumble, as in discontent.
verb (used with object)
- to express with a grunt.
noun
- a sound of grunting.
- New England Cooking. a dessert, typically of cherries, peaches, or apples sweetened and spiced, and topped with biscuit dough. pandowdy.
- any food fish of the family Pomadasyidae (Haemulidae), found chiefly in tropical and subtropical seas, that emits grunting sounds.
- Slang. a soldier, especially an infantryman.
- Slang. a common or unskilled worker; laborer.
grunt
/ ɡʌԳ /
verb
- intr (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise
- when tr, may take a clause as object to express something gruffly
he grunted his answer
noun
- the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust
- any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum ( Spanish grunt ), that utter a grunting sound when caught
- slang.an infantry soldier or US Marine, esp in the Vietnam War
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Derived Forms
- ˈܲԳپԲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms
- ܲԳiԲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of grunt1
First recorded before 900; Middle English grunten, Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian “to grunt”; cognate with German grunzen, Latin ܲԲī
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of grunt1
Old English grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin ܲԲī
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The next, their gasps and grunts turn carnal, almost violent.
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Several times, Freeman grunted as he rolled soft grounders toward first base.
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Still, it's shocking to see the GOP grunts actively argue for their irrelevance on national television.
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I grunted and cursed trying to get the unfamiliar skis to go where I pointed them.
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As the video from the event shows, he threw his back into it, taxing himself enough that he grunted from the exertion.
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