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Grunt   /grənt/   Listen
noun
Grunt  n.  
1.
A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
2.
(Zool.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (Haemulon Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (Haemulon 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.
3.
A U. S. infantryman; used especially of those fighting in the war in Vietnam. (slang)



verb
Grunt  v. t.  (past & past part. grunted; pres. part. grunting)  To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. "Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life."
Grunting ox (Zool.), the yak.






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"Grunt" Quotes from Famous Books



... running board. The owner of the slippers was folding the robe and laying it over the rail, and grumbling to himself all the while. "Have to come out in the rain—daren't trust him an inch—just like him to go off and leave the door unlocked—" With a last grunt or two the mumbling ceased. The light was switched off, and Bud heard the doors pulled shut, and the rattle of the padlock and chain. He waited another minute and ...
— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower

... at once and glided swiftly through the forest on his mission. The Bear gave a grunt and walked away. Gugu the King rose and stretched himself. Then he said to Ruggedo: "Meet us at sunrise to-morrow," and with stately stride ...
— The Magic of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... between a grunt and a groan, and sufficient to send her scurrying up the stairs with a marked acceleration of the pulse. Her vague foreboding took shape when as she reached the upper hall, she caught sight of a prostrate figure, partially ...
— Other People's Business - The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale • Harriet L. Smith

... very doubtful sort of a grunt, between displeasure at his own word, and annoyance at the trouble it might bring upon him. Nevertheless, he remembered the promise. Daisy ...
— Melbourne House, Volume 2 • Susan Warner

... giving vent to a final grunt; and he turned away and stalked out of the garden, striking the ...
— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn


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