Definition of Gruntle

1. Verb. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. "The performance is likely to gruntle Sue"; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"


Definition of Gruntle

1. v. i. To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

Definition of Gruntle

1. Verb. (obsolete) To utter small, low grunts. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To complain; to grumble ¹

3. Verb. (humorous) To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gruntle

1. to put in a good humor [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruntle

grungy
grunion
grunions
grunsel
grunsels
grunstein and hogness method
grunt
grunt-hoot
grunt work
grunted
grunter
grunters
grunting
gruntingly
gruntings
gruntle (current term)
gruntled
gruntles
gruntlike
gruntling
gruntlings
grunts
gruntwork
grupero
grupetto
grupettos
gruppetto
gruppettos
grushie
grutch

Literary usage of Gruntle

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

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To gruntle, vn 1. To grunt in a lower key ; as denoting the sound emitted by ... He threw a gruntle. hands did fold, Sometimes on his Kane's head took hold. ..."

2. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Word-book, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"To gruntle. To grunt on a lower key, as denoting the sound emitted by pigs.' Jamieson. ... To gruntle or grunt like a hog. Paire le groin. ..."

3. The Celtic Magazine by Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain (1887)
"In Scotch, " to grumph or gruntle, to grunt ; grumph or ... Grunny, the snout of a hog ; gruntle, a muzzle, grun, the upper lip," (Wright's Provin. Diet. ..."

4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"The designation of a sow ; probably from S. gruntle, o. ... To gruntle, » n. 1. To grunt on a lower key, as denoting the sound emitted by pigs. Rollock. -. ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... gruntle (grun'tl), ri [Freq. of grunt. Cf. disgruntle.] 1. To grunt. [Rare.] Buckingham, Rehearsal, i. 1. 2f. To bo sulky. Pensive in mud they wallow ..."

6. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"And flagrant from the scourge he grunted, ail The Vowels. gruntle [the snout, visage ; a grunting sound], a squeak. An' then a grane an' gruntle ; . ..."

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