grunt

The definition of a grunt is a low, inarticulate, gruff and guttural sound often made by an animal or used to express effort or exertion.

(noun)

When you reluctantly agree to something and just make a low animal sound in your throat to signify this, this is an example of a grunt.
When a pig makes a low, gruff and guttural sound, this is an example of a grunt.
When you lift a heavy piece of furniture and you make a low animal sound, this is an example of a grunt.

To grunt is defined as to make a low, inarticulate, gruff and guttural sound.

(verb)

When you reluctantly agree to something and just make a low animal sound in your throat to signify this, this is an example of a time when you grunt.
When a pig makes a low, gruff and guttural sound, this is an example of a time when the pig grunts.
When you lift a heavy piece of furniture and you make a low animal sound, this is an example of a time when you grunt.

See grunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

Origin: ME grunten < OE grunnettan (akin to Ger grunzen), freq. of grunian, to grunt < IE *gru-, echoic > L grunnire

transitive verb

to express by grunting: to grunt one's disapproval

noun

the sound made in grunting
any of a family (Haemulidae) of marine percoid fishes that grunt when removed from water
☆ Slang
1. a U.S. infantryman, orig. in the war in Vietnam
2. any person having or performing a low-prestige job involving routine tasks, strenuous labor, etc.

adjective

of, for, or done by a grunt: grunt work

See grunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb grunt·ed, grunt·ing, grunts

verb, intransitive

verb, transitive

To utter or express with a deep guttural sound: He merely grunted his approval.

noun

A deep guttural sound.
Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Haemulidae that, upon removal from the water, produce grunting sounds by rubbing together tooth plates in the throat.
Slang An infantryman in the U.S. military, especially in the Vietnam War: “They were called grunts᠁They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war” (Bernard Edelman).
Slang One who performs routine or mundane tasks.
New England A dessert made by stewing fruit topped with pieces of biscuit dough, which steam as the fruit cooks. Also called slump.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English grunten

Origin: , from Old English grunnettan

Origin: ; probably akin to grunnian, to make a loud noise, grunt

Origin: , of imitative origin

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