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grunter
/ˈɡɹʌntə/
noun 4
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3ADJ.
against
VERB + GRUNTER
match
GRUNTER + NOUN
excellence, maria, par
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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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
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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[.]
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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 […]
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