Definitions for Grunt
grʌntgrunt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grunt, oinknoun

   the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

2. gruntnoun

   an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker

   "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years"

3. gruntverb

   medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught

4. gruntverb

   issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise

   "He grunted his reluctant approval"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gruntnoun

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

2. gruntnoun

   The snorting cry of a pig.

3. gruntnoun

   A family of Perciformes fish of the family Haemulidae

4. gruntnoun

   An infantry soldier. (From the sound he presumably makes when shouldering a pack before starting a road march.)

5. gruntverb

   Of a person: To make a grunt or grunts.

6. gruntverb

   Of a pig: To make a grunt or grunts.

7. Etymology: grunten, from grunnettan, frequentive of grunian, from grunnōnan, from ghrun-. Akin to grunnezzen (Modern grunzen), Old grünte "to grunt".

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gruntnoun

   The noise of a hog.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Ran cow and calf, and family of hogs,
   In panick horrour of pursuing dogs;
   With many a deadly grunt and doleful squeak,
   Poor swine, as if their pretty hearts would break. Dryden.

   From hence were heard
   The grunts of bristled boars, and groans of bears,
   And herds of howling wolves. John Dryden, Æn.

2. To GRUNT, To GRUNTLEverb

   To murmur like a hog.

   Etymology: grunnio, Latin.

   And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar and burn,
   Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn. William Shakespeare.

   Lament, ye swine! in gruntings spend your grief;
   For you, like me, have lost your sole relief. John Gay, Past.

   Thy brinded boars may slumber undismay’d,
   Or grunt secure beneath the chesnut shade. Thomas Tickell.

   The scolding quean to louder notes doth rise,
   To her full pipes the grunting hog replies;
   The grunting hogs alarm the neighbours round. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grunt

   A grunt is a low, guttural sound typically made by an animal such as a pig, or by a person to express effort, dissatisfaction, exertion or discomfort. In computing, it can also refer to a JavaScript task runner used for automation of tasks. In military terms, it is often used as slang for an infantry soldier.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gruntverb

   to make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound

2. Gruntnoun

   a deep, guttural sound, as of a hog

3. Gruntnoun

   any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken

4. Etymology: [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grunt

   grunt, v.i. to make a sound like a pig: to utter guttural sounds.—n. a short, guttural sound, as of a hog.—ns. Grunt′er; Grunt′ing.—adv. Grunt′ingly. [M. E. grunten—A.S. grunian; cf. Ger. grunzen, L. grunnīre; all imit.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Grunt

   Verb: to deficate

   I have to go to bathroom and grunt.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2019  

Matched Categories

1. • Unskilled Person
   • Utter

How to pronounce Grunt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Grunt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grunt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grunt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Grunt in a Sentence

1. William Osler:

   Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

2. Pierre Elliott Trudeau:

   Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. (On relations with the US)

3. Thomas Witte:

   All those equids that are doing the grunt work and supporting their human families in developing parts of the world -- the mules and donkeys -- they get very little in the way of veterinary care and very little in the way of attention.

4. Danish proverb:

   Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.

5. William Osler:

   Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Grunt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grunt
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Grunt
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Grunt
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Grunt