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grunt

Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌnt/

The English word “grunt” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. An infantry soldier.
  6. The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
  7. A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

verb

  1. To make a grunt or grunts.
  2. To break wind; to fart.

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

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