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Definition grunt

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjan? (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunn?n? (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?run- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”).

Noun

grunt (plural grunts)

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. (United States Army and Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)
6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
7. (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

Verb

grunt (third-person singular simple present grunts, present participle grunting, simple past and past participle grunted)

1. (intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.
2. (intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.
3. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To break wind; to fart.

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