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grunt

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verb

ˈgrənt How to pronounce grunt (audio)
grunted; grunting; grunts

intransitive verb

: to utter a grunt

transitive verb

: to utter with a grunt
grunter noun

grunt

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noun

plural grunts
1
a
: the deep short sound characteristic of a hog
b
: a similar sound
2
[from the noise it makes when taken from the water] : any of a family (Haemulidae synonym Pomadasyidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes
3
: a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on top of boiling berries and steaming
blueberry grunt
4
a
: a U.S. army or marine foot soldier especially in the Vietnam War
b
: one who does routine unglamorous work
—often used attributively
grunt work

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Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Example Sentences

Verb The workers were grunting with effort as they lifted the heavy furniture. She grunted a few words in reply, then turned and walked away. Noun the grunt of a pig I could hear the grunts of the movers as they lifted the heavy furniture. He answered her with a grunt. He was a grunt who worked his way up to become an officer. He's just a grunt in the attorney's office. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
These specialists do grunt work that is critical to empowering artificial intelligence systems to handle complex tasks like driving safely down a city street. Matt Mcfarland, CNN, 29 June 2022 Sabrina retreated into the hallway and began to grunt. New York Times, 1 June 2022 High school didn't serve up much adventure, so Devin Murphy signed up to do grunt work on expedition ships that sailed to Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, and other far-flung places. Devin Murphy, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2021 Even the maxim that lifting is good only for getting big has been routinely undermined by a new legion of fitness instructors; women who were once cautioned against handling anything mightier than a hand weight now grunt and pull with abandon. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022 And if your camels grunt and run away, take the hint. John Anderson, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021 The gymnasts do not grunt with effort like the women who spin like a top and fling the hammer or discus far into the distance. Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021 Eleven family members work full time, while the fourth generation does grunt work during their summer vacations as a reminder of where the family came from. Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2021 Patricia began as a Patriots grunt in 2004 (putting aside his degree in aeronautical engineering from RPI), and Belichick was his most vocal supporter before and after Patricia got the job as Lions head coach in 2018. BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2021
Noun
And there's no additional grunt to be had in the F Sport model. Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2022 All of that grunt pushed the EQS580 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds and rocketed it from 30 to 50 mph in 1.5 ticks. Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 12 July 2022 The front-rear motors’ formidable low-end grunt (700 Nm or 516 lb-ft) reaches the ground by way of robust and direct AWD linkages (single-speed reduction gears, half shafts and hubs). Dan Neil, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 As for grunt, Infinity Nine is equipped with Volva Penta diesel engines, bow thrusters, fin stabilizers and advanced electronics. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2022 Buzz is just a boring, if well-meaning, military grunt, in the mold of Evans’s work as Captain America but with the edges further sanded off. David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022 MacBook Pro leaning into the laptops with grunt, the serendipity of diminishing the importance of raw specifications in place of the hipster aesthetic is definitely on message. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 1 June 2022 Thanks to all this grunt, the Stag can hit a top speed of 80 mph and tow up to 2,000 pounds. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 July 2022 They are interspersed with aggrandizing grunt-and-sweat closeups of the actors, especially Cruise. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian, of imitative origin

Noun

derivative of grunt entry 1

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of grunt was before the 12th century

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