Grunt Definition

grŭnt
grunted, grunting, grunts
verb
grunted, grunting, grunts
To make the short, deep, hoarse sound of a hog.
Webster's New World
To make a sound like this, as in annoyance, contempt, effort, etc.
Webster's New World
To express by grunting.
To grunt one's disapproval.
Webster's New World

(intransitive, UK, slang) To break wind; to fart.

Who just grunted?
Wiktionary
noun
grunts
The sound made in grunting.
Webster's New World
Any of a family (Haemulidae) of marine percoid fishes that grunt when removed from water.
Webster's New World
A U.S. infantryman, orig. in the war in Vietnam.
Webster's New World
Any person having or performing a low-prestige job involving routine tasks, strenuous labor, etc.
Webster's New World
A dessert made by stewing fruit topped with pieces of biscuit dough, which steam as the fruit cooks.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective

By or characteristic of a grunt.

Grunt work.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Grunt

Noun

Singular:
grunt
Plural:
grunts

Origin of Grunt

  • From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English grunten from Old English grunnettan probably akin to grunnian to make a loud noise, grunt of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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