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gruntometer

noun

Etymology

From grunt + -o- + -meter.

  1. derived from *gʰrun-✻ — “to shout”
  2. derived from *grunnōną✻ — “to grunt”
  3. inherited from *grunnatjaną✻ — “to grunt”
  4. inherited from *grunnattjan✻
  5. inherited from grunnettan — “to grunt”
  6. inherited from grunten
  7. formed as gruntometer — “grunt + -o- + -meter”

Definitions

  1. A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of…

    A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.

    • In the land of the gruntometer, everyone should soon find out exactly how noisy.

The neighborhood

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