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Definition of Grunt

1. Verb. Issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise. "He grunted his reluctant approval"

2. Noun. The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs.

3. Noun. An unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker. "He went from grunt to chairman in six years"

4. Noun. Medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught.

Definition of Grunt

1. v. t. To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

2. n. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

Definition of Grunt

1. Noun. A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak. ¹

2. Noun. The snorting cry of a pig. ¹

3. Noun. A family of ''Perciformes'' fish of the family ''Haemulidae'' ¹

4. Noun. (context: Army and United States Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (From the sound he presumably makes when shouldering a pack before starting a road march.) ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) Of a person: To make a grunt or grunts. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) Of a pig: To make a grunt or grunts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grunt

1. to utter a deep, guttural sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Grunt

1. Origin: OE. Grunten; akin to As. Grunian, G. Grunzen, Dan. Grynte, Sw. Grymta; all prob. Of imitative; or perh. Akin to E. Groan] To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. "Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. " (Shak) Grunting ox, the yak. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog. 2. Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. Aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; so called from the noise it makes when taken. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grunt

grungers grunges grungester grungesters grungey grungier grungiest grungily grunginess grungy

grunion grunions grunsel grunsels grunstein and hogness method grunt (current term) grunt-hoot grunt work grunted grunter

grunters grunting gruntingly gruntings gruntle gruntled gruntles gruntlike gruntling gruntlings

Literary usage of Grunt

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

1. London Society (1879)
"Suddenly they stopped feeding, and one of the youngest of the lot (judging from his voice) shrieked out in a frightened tone, ' grunt ! ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A grunt. [Scotch.] He drew a long sigh, or rather <rntm¡ih, through his поле. ... A Scotch form of grindstone. . grunt (grunt), vi [< ME. grünten, ..."

3. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1870)
"grunt THE PIG. my bird till the next day; and the next day, ... Mary had called the pig " grunt." She often fed him; so he would run after her, ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To grunt in a lower key ; as denoting the sound emitted by pigs. ... The sound made by infants, indicating satisfaction, q. a little grunt, ..."

5. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"The yellow grunt is very similar to the common grunt in the conformation of its body and fins, but has a rather curved profile instead of a depression in ..."

6. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"Hawaii: nu, to groan, to roar as wind, to grunt; nunu, a moaning, grunting, ... Arabic: nah'ara, to grunt; h'ara, to low; h'arh'ara, snort, snore; harra, ..."

7. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"The yellow grunt is very similar to the common grunt in the conformation of its body and fins, but has a rather curved profile instead of a depression in ..."

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