grunter

UK /ˈɡɹʌntə/ US /ˈɡɹʌntə/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

One who grunts.

Dalton, the winner of nine grand slam doubles titles, claims she would have been prepared to forfeit a match against the grunter par excellence, Maria Sharapova — and has urged the current generation of tennis players to do so.

2

Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.

3

A pig.

We did but keep you surety for our son, / If this be he, — or a draggled mawkin, thou, / That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge[.]

A pig fight on board ship has always amused me very much: stand on the bridge, and look down into the crowded pen of grunters […]

4

A hook used in lifting a crucible.

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