grunt
[ gruhnt ]
/ grʌnt /
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
to express with a grunt.
noun
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, adverbWords nearby grunt
grundyism,
grunge,
grungy,
grunion,
grunitsky,
grunt,
grunt work,
grunter,
grunth,
grunting ox,
gruntled
Example sentences from the Web for grunt
British Dictionary definitions for grunt
grunt
/ (ɡrʌnt) /
verb
(intr)
(esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise
(when tr, may take a clause as object)
to express something gruffly
he grunted his answer
noun
the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust
any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt), that utter a grunting sound when caught
US slang
an infantry soldier or US Marine, esp in the Vietnam War
Derived forms of grunt
gruntingly, adverbWord Origin for grunt
Old English
grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German
grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin
grunnīre