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Meaning of 'grunt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grunt [ n.]
- A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
- Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.
2 . Grunt [ v. t.]
- To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

Meaning of 'grunt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grunt [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
Example in sentence:
  • he went from grunt to chairman in six years;
  • infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts
2 . grunt [ v]
Meaning (2):
- issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
Example in sentence:
  • He grunted his reluctant approval

Nearby Words:

grub grubbed grubber grubbing grubbla grubby grubworm grucche gruddger grudge

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