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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024grunt /grʌnt/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to make the deep, throaty sound that a hog or pig makes;
to make a similar sound:The usher just grunted and pointed to my seat. n. [countable] - a sound of grunting.
- Slang Termsan infantryman.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grunt (grunt),USA pronunciation v.i. - to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- to utter a similar sound.
- to grumble, as in discontent.
v.t. - to express with a grunt.
n. - a sound of grunting.
- Food[New Eng. Cookery.]a dessert, typically of cherries, peaches, or apples sweetened and spiced, and topped with biscuit dough.
- Fishany food fish of the family Pomadasyidae (Haemulidae), found chiefly in tropical and subtropical seas, that emits grunting sounds.
- Slang Termsa soldier, esp. an infantryman.
- Slang Termsa common or unskilled worker;
laborer.
- bef. 900; Middle English grunten,, Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian to grunt; cognate with German grunzen, Latin grunnīre
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: grunt /ɡrʌnt/ vb - (intransitive) (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise
- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to express something gruffly: he grunted his answer
n - the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust
- any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt), that utter a grunting sound when caught
Etymology: Old English grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin grunnīre |