grunt

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

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

   • The stranger, with a comfortable kind of grunt over his pipe, put his legs up on the settle that he had to himself.
2. 2

   The snorting cry of a pig.

3. 3

   Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

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   1. 4

      A person who does ordinary and boring work.

   2. 5

      An infantry soldier.

      • The poges stare at the grunts as though the grunts were Hell's Angels at the ballet.
      • The events described are those encountered by only 160 men, though the adversity recounted is representative of that experienced by all grunts in Vietnam.
      • He can't make that kind of decision. He's just a grunt!
   3. 6

      The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.

      • The engine might not possess quite as much grunt as the later 24v six, but it delivers invigorating performance […]
      • With this much grunt, it is surprising that the engine is relatively quiet.
      • The lack of bottom-end grunt presents as a particular problem in hilly terrain where the five-speed manual gearbox really earns its keep.
   4. 7

      A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries

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

   5. 8

      To make a grunt or grunts.

      • to grunt and sweat under a weary life
      • The silhouette sharpens and fades as the carving is moved before the flames of the hearth, its maker grunts in perfect imitation of the ancestor - a human-lioness in oestrus.
   6. 9

      To break wind

      To break wind; to fart.

      • Who just grunted?

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