grunt

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/ɡɹʌnt/

noun 5verb 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

little | low

non-committal

When asked if she enjoyed the movie, she made a non-committal grunt and looked away.

VERB + GRUNT

give, let out | hear

PREP

with a ~

She pushed the stuck door open with a grunt of effort.

~ of

The old dog let out a grunt of satisfaction as he settled onto his bed for the night.

(verb.)

ADV

loudly

merely, only

When she asked him about his day, he only grunted in response.

PREP

She grunted at the heavy box as she tried to lift it off the shelf.

The old man grunted in disagreement when we suggested he should retire.

with

The old farmer grunted with effort as he lifted the heavy crate onto the truck.

PHRASES

grunt and groan

The old man grunted and groaned as he lifted the heavy box from the floor.

Definitions

noun

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.

The snorting cry of a pig.

Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

A person who does ordinary and boring work.

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.

verb

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.

To make a grunt or grunts.

To break wind; to fart.

Who just grunted?

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

oink

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

grunt work

Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.

He plans to hire somebody to do the grunt work of digging the trenches for the pipes.

grunt level

The lowest, basic, least sophisticated level.

The point being that most of the work at the grunt level was not being done by FEMA, which never had many bodies, or even by the National Guard, which should have had many more bod

Example Bank

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

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The poges stare at the grunts as though the grunts were Hell's Angels at the ballet.

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The events described are those encountered by only 160 men, though the adversity recounted is representative of that experienced by all grunts in Vietnam.

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to grunt and sweat under a weary life

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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.

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Who just grunted?

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Usage Notes

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