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Definitions for Grunt

[1] to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
[2] to utter a similar sound.
[3] to grumble, as in discontent.
[4] to express with a grunt.
[5] a sound of grunting.
[6] New England Cookery . a dessert, typically of cherries, peaches, or apples sweetened and spiced, and topped with biscuit dough.
[7] any food fish of the family Pomadasyidae (Haemulidae), found chiefly in tropical and subtropical seas, that emits grunting sounds.
[8] Slang . a soldier, especially an infantryman.
[9] Slang . a common or unskilled worker; laborer.
[10] (intr) (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise
[11] (when tr, may take a clause as object) to express something gruffly he grunted his answer
[12] the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust
[13] any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt ), that utter a grunting sound when caught
[14] US slang an infantry soldier or US Marine, esp in the Vietnam War

Words related to Grunt

groan, squeak, squawk, cry

Words nearby Grunt

grundyism, grunge, grungy, grunion, grunitsky, grunt, grunt work, grunter, grunth, grunting ox, gruntled

Origin of Grunt

before 900; Middle English grunten, Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian to grunt; cognate with German grunzen, Latin grunnīre

Other words from Grunt

grunt·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Grunt

Old English grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin grunnīre

Synonyms for Grunt

groan, cry, squawk, squeak