Definition of Grumph

1. to grunt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: grunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grumph

grumes
grumiplucite
grumly
grummel
grummer
grummest
grummet
grummeted
grummeting
grummets
grumness
grumose
grumous
grump
grumped
grumph (current term)
grumphed
grumphie
grumphies
grumphing
grumphs
grumphy
grumpier
grumpiest
grumpily
grumpiness
grumpinesses
grumping
grumpish
grumpity

Literary usage of Grumph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Folk-tales of the Magyars by János Kriza, János Erdélyi, Gyula Pap (1889)
"After a short time the pig arrived in the court-yard of the palace dragging a wheelbarrow after it, and grunted, " grumph! grumph! grumph! ..."

2. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"So after a time these little pigs died, They all died of fe-lo-de-see, From trying too hard to say " grumph ! grumph ! grumph !" When they only could say ..."

3. John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama by Rupert Brooke (1916)
"grumph is one of the holiest things in this melancholy world," and so forth. And soon they'd say, " But, philosophically, what is grumph ? ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< grumph, ».] A grunt. [Scotch.] He drew a long sigh, ... [< grumph + dim. -ie.] A sow. [Scotch.] She trotted thro' them »'— And wha was it but ..."

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