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What (who) is grunt - definition
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Grunts; Alien Grunt; Grunting; Grunt (disambiguation)
grunt
(grunts, grunting, grunted)
1.
If you grunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something.
The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy...
'Rubbish,' I grunted...
He grunted his thanks.
VERB: V, V with quote, V n
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Grunt is also a noun.
Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
When an animal grunts, it makes a low rough noise.
...the sound of a pig grunting.
VERB: V
grunt
I
n. to utter a grunt
II
v.
1) (B) she grunted a few words to them
2) (L; to) he grunted (to her) that he would get up later
3) (misc.) to grunt and groan
Grunt
·noun A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
II. Grunt ·vt To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.
III. Grunt ·noun 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.
Examples of use of grunt
1. Dueling from the baseline, Williams matched Sharapova shot for shot and even grunt for grunt as both players hit with power and precision.
2. When men are alone they just grunt and talk football.
3. Grunt in peace, the pig that won George‘s heart 4.
4. Increasingly, I was responding to this barrage of love with a grunt.
5. D. Tell her to go hire a trained monkey to do her grunt work.