Grunt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
  2. to utter a similar sound.
  3. to grumble, as in discontent.
verb (used with object)
  1. to express with a grunt.
noun
  1. a sound of grunting.
  2. a dessert, typically of cherries, peaches, or apples sweetened and spiced, and topped with biscuit dough.
  3. any food fish of the family Pomadasyidae (Haemulidae), found chiefly in tropical and subtropical seas, that emits grunting sounds.
  4. a soldier, especially an infantryman.
  5. a common or unskilled worker; laborer.
verb
  1. (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise
  2. to express something gruffly
noun
  1. the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust
  2. any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt), that utter a grunting sound when caught
  3. an infantry soldier or US Marine, esp in the Vietnam War
Grunt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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