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
UK /ɡɹʌnt/ US /ɡɹʌnt/
noun 5verb 3
Definitions
noun
1
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
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.
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
1
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.
2
To make a grunt or grunts.
3
To break wind; to fart.
Who just grunted?
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