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grunt
grunt G0291400 (grŭnt)v. grunt·ed, grunt·ing, grunts v.intr.1. To utter a deep guttural sound, as a hog does.2. To utter a sound similar to a grunt, as in disgust.v.tr. To utter or express with a deep guttural sound: He merely grunted his approval.n.1. A deep guttural sound.2. Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Haemulidae that produce a grunting sound by rubbing together their pharyngeal teeth.3. Slang An infantryman in the US military, especially in the Vietnam War: "They were called grunts....They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war" (Bernard Edelman).4. Slang One who performs routine or mundane tasks.5. New England A dessert made by stewing fruit topped with pieces of biscuit dough, which steam as the fruit cooks. Also called slump.
[Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan; probably akin to grunnian, to make a loud noise, grunt, of imitative origin.]
grunt′er n.grunt′ing·ly adv.grunt (ɡrʌnt) vb1. (Zoology) (intr) (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise2. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to express something gruffly: he grunted his answer. n3. the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust4. (Animals) any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt), that utter a grunting sound when caught5. (Military) slang US an infantry soldier or US Marine, esp in the Vietnam War[Old English grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin grunnīre] ˈgruntingly advgrunt (grʌnt)
v.i. 1. to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog. 2. to utter a similar sound. 3. to grumble, as in discontent. v.t. 4. to express with a grunt. n. 5. a sound of grunting. 6. any warm-water percoid fish of the family Pomadasyidae (Haemulidae), noted for emitting grunts. 7. a dessert of stewed fruit topped with biscuit dough. 8. Slang. an infantryman. 9. Slang. an unskilled worker; laborer. [before 900; Middle English; Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian to grunt; c. Old High German grunnizōn] grunt′er, n. grunt′ing•ly, adv. grunt
Past participle: grunted
Gerund: grunting
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| I grunt | | you grunt | | he/she/it grunts | | we grunt | | you grunt | | they grunt |
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| I grunted | | you grunted | | he/she/it grunted | | we grunted | | you grunted | | they grunted |
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| I am grunting | | you are grunting | | he/she/it is grunting | | we are grunting | | you are grunting | | they are grunting |
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| I have grunted | | you have grunted | | he/she/it has grunted | | we have grunted | | you have grunted | | they have grunted |
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| I was grunting | | you were grunting | | he/she/it was grunting | | we were grunting | | you were grunting | | they were grunting |
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| I had grunted | | you had grunted | | he/she/it had grunted | | we had grunted | | you had grunted | | they had grunted |
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| I will grunt | | you will grunt | | he/she/it will grunt | | we will grunt | | you will grunt | | they will grunt |
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| I will have grunted | | you will have grunted | | he/she/it will have grunted | | we will have grunted | | you will have grunted | | they will have grunted |
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| I will be grunting | | you will be grunting | | he/she/it will be grunting | | we will be grunting | | you will be grunting | | they will be grunting |
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| I have been grunting | | you have been grunting | | he/she/it has been grunting | | we have been grunting | | you have been grunting | | they have been grunting |
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| I will have been grunting | | you will have been grunting | | he/she/it will have been grunting | | we will have been grunting | | you will have been grunting | | they will have been grunting |
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| I had been grunting | | you had been grunting | | he/she/it had been grunting | | we had been grunting | | you had been grunting | | they had been grunting |
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| I would grunt | | you would grunt | | he/she/it would grunt | | we would grunt | | you would grunt | | they would grunt |
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| I would have grunted | | you would have grunted | | he/she/it would have grunted | | we would have grunted | | you would have grunted | | they would have grunted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  grunt - the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogsoinknoise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" | | 2. | grunt - an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years"unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training | | 3. | grunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caughtpercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformesfamily Haemulidae, Haemulidae - gruntsHaemulon album, margate - a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to BrazilHaemulon macrostomum, Spanish grunt - a kind of gruntHaemulon aurolineatum, tomtate - found off the West Indies and Floridacottonwick, Haemulon malanurum - of warm Atlantic watersHaemulon parra, sailors choice, sailor's-choice - a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of MexicoAnisotremus virginicus, porkfish, pork-fish - black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to BrazilAnisotremus surinamensis, black margate, pompon - dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southwardOrthopristis chrysopterus, pigfish, hogfish - found from Long Island southward | | Verb | 1. | grunt - issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
gruntverbTo complain in low indistinct tones:grumble, murmur, mutter.nounA low indistinct utterance of complaint:grumble, murmur, mutter.Translationsgrunt (grant) verb1. to make a low, rough sound. The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food. 發出呼嚕聲 作呼噜声2. (of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting. He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me. 嘟噥說出 嘟哝着说出 noun a low, rough sound. a grunt of disapproval. 呼嚕聲 呼噜声，哼哼声 grunt
grunt1. slang One who is servile, often due to lacking power or prestige in a particular setting. Get one of those grunts to do all this filing for you.2. slang A common soldier, typically of the infantry. Come on, grunts, get in formation!3. slang A wrestler. I never expected my son to grow up to be some grunt in a wrestling ring.4. slang A diligent, industrious student. I'm confident she'll get an A in this class—she's one of the grunts.5. slang A burp. My goodness, Tommy, that was a loud grunt!grunt workWork that is menial and often tedious. Get one of those interns to do this grunt work—that's what they're here for!See also: grunt, workgrunt outTo say something in a labored or brusque manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "grunt" and "out." Luckily, the patient managed to grunt out her symptoms before collapsing. The boss grunted her coffee order out, and I sent my intern to fetch it.See also: grunt, outgrunt something outto say something with a snort or grunt. Jane grunted a command out to someone. She grunted out a curt command and the gate opened.See also: grunt, outgrunt workFig. work that is menial and thankless. During the summer, I earned money doing grunt work. I did all of the grunt work on the project, but my boss got all of the credit.See also: grunt, workgrunt (grənt)1. n. an infantry soldier. (Military. From the gutteral sound made by a pig, and anyone doing very heavy labor.) Get those grunts out on the field at sunrise! 2. n. a low-ranking or subservient person. (Someone who is likely to utter a grunt because of the discomforts of menial labor.) Let’s hire a grunt to do this kind of work. 3. n. a belch. Does that grunt mean you like my cooking? 4. n. a hardworking student. The grunts got Bs on the test. It was that hard! 5. n. a wrestler. (Possibly in reference to a grunting pig.) Two big grunts wearing outlandish costumes performed for the television cameras. grunt work and shit work n. hard, menial labor; tedious work. (Work that a lesser person ought to be doing.) Who is supposed to do the grunt work around here? Not me! Why am I always doing the shit work? See also: grunt, workgrunt
grunt, common name for members of the family Haemulidae, carnivorous fish of warm seas, most species of which are small and brightly colored. They are sound-producers, creating their noises by grinding their pharyngeal teeth together. Croakerscroaker,
member of the abundant and varied family Sciaenidae, carnivorous, spiny-finned fishes including the weakfishes, the drums, and the kingcroakers (or kingfish). The croaker has a compressed, elongated body similar to that of the bass.
..... Click the link for more information. , which belong to another family, are also sound-producing fish. Grunts are bottom-feeders with large mouths vividly colored in red or orange on the inside. The common, or white, grunt is a favorite food fish found on shallow sandy bottoms from the West Indies to the Carolinas; it averages 1 ft (30 cm) in length and 1 lb (.5 kg) in weight. The many species abundant off the Florida coasts include the margate, blue-striped, and gray grunts and the colorful porkfish, with a blue-striped yellow body and black head-bands. The California sargo is common along the Pacific coast and the commercially important pigfish is found from Long Island Sound to Texas. Grunts are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, family Haemulidae.grunt any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt), that utter a grunting sound when caught See grunt
See gruntGRUNT
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| GRUNT➣Ground Replacement Untrained (stamped on assignment dispatches) |
grunt
Related to grunt: yeoman, gulp, bower, NPMSynonyms for gruntverb to complain in low indistinct tonesSynonymsnoun a low indistinct utterance of complaintSynonymsSynonyms for gruntnoun the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogsSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other workerRelated Wordsnoun medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caughtRelated Words- percoid
- percoid fish
- percoidean
- family Haemulidae
- Haemulidae
- Haemulon album
- margate
- Haemulon macrostomum
- Spanish grunt
- Haemulon aurolineatum
- tomtate
- cottonwick
- Haemulon malanurum
- Haemulon parra
- sailors choice
- sailor's-choice
- Anisotremus virginicus
- porkfish
- pork-fish
- Anisotremus surinamensis
- black margate
- pompon
- Orthopristis chrysopterus
- pigfish
- hogfish
verb issue a grunting, low, animal-like noiseRelated Words- let loose
- let out
- utter
- emit
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