2. Noun. A sound that grunts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grunting
1. grunt [v] - See also: grunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grunting
Literary usage of Grunting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the by Andrew Wilson (1876)
"HEIGHT OF THE PASS—THE YAK OR OX OF TIBET—ITS grunting A YAK'S ... and made use
of the yak or wild ox of Tibet, the Bos grunniens, or grunting ox—the Bos ..."
2. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"Hut I shall continue to refuse grunting any more commissions except to American
vessels; ami if, under the circumstances above represented, it is thought ..."
3. The Law of Horses: Including the Law of Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, Etc by George Henry Hewitt Oliphant, Clement Elphinstone Lloyd (1882)
"When it exists in such a degree as to diminish the natural usefulness of the
Horse, it must be considered an Unsound ness. grunting is an Unsoundness; ..."
4. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1857)
"NOTES ON THE YAK, OE grunting OX, AND OTHER RUMINATING ANIMALS FROM CENTRAL ASIA.
By Thomas J. Moore, Esq., with additional Notts by Captain Smyth. ..."
5. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Robert Dodsley (1770)
"... his grunting different ways they tend, To Weft-gate one, and one to Cotton-end.
... grunting ..."
6. A General Treatise on Cattle, the Ox, the Sheep, and the Swine by John Lawrence (1809)
"... or grunting ox of Tartary and Thibet, where it is domesticated, from bearing
the bunch, and generating regularly with the bison, evidently belongs to ..."
7. Outing (1892)
"The moment he appeared on the bank above, with a peculiar grunting bark or growl,
with its ears laid back, its eyes glaring, the formidable fangs displayed ..."
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