(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