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grunt.

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɹʌnt//ɡɹʊnt/Northern-England

  1. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

  2. The snorting cry of a pig.

  3. Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

  4. A person who does ordinary and boring work.

  5. An infantry soldier.

    US · slang

  6. The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.

    slang

  7. A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

    Canada · US
Where this word comes from

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

verb/ɡɹʌnt//ɡɹʊnt/Northern-England

  1. To make a grunt or grunts.

    intransitive

  2. To make a grunt or grunts.

    intransitive

  3. To break wind; to fart.

    UK · intransitive · slang
    Who just grunted?
Where this word comes from

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

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