grunt

5 definitions found

grunt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
     1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
        fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers,
        as, the black grunt (Haemulon Plumieri), and the
        redmouth grunt (Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern
        United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
        genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma.
        Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; --
        so called from the noise it makes when taken.
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     3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
        in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
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  Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Grunting.] [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G.
     grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or
     perh. akin to E. groan.]
     To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan
     or a deep guttural sound.
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           Who would fardels bear,
           To grunt and sweat under a weary life.   --Shak.
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     Grunting ox (Zool.), the yak.
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  Redmouth \Red"mouth`\ (-mouth`), n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus
     Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States,
     having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also
     flannelmouth, and grunt.
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grunt - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grunt
      n 1: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs [syn:
           grunt, oink]
      2: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker;
         "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from
         grunt to chairman in six years"
      3: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting
         sounds when caught
      v 1: issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his
           reluctant approval"

grunt - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "grunt":
     Zouave, air a grievance, animal noise, bark, barking, bawl, beef,
     bellow, bellyache, bersagliere, birdcall, bitch, blare, blat,
     blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, carabineer,
     chant, chasseur, chirp, clamor, clang, complain, coo, crab, croak,
     crow, cry, dogface, doughfoot, drawl, exclaim, expert rifleman,
     flute, foot soldier, footslogger, fret, fret and fume, fusileer,
     fuss, gasp, grenadier, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl,
     grumble, gruntle, hiss, holler, howl, howling, infantryman, keen,
     kick, light infantryman, lilt, lodge a complaint, marksman,
     mating call, mumble, murmur, musketeer, mutter, note, oink,
     paddlefoot, pant, pipe, raise a howl, register a complaint, rifle,
     rifleman, roar, rumble, scold, scream, screech, sharpshooter,
     shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, sniper, snort, sob,
     squall, squawk, squeal, stridulation, take on, thunder, trumpet,
     twang, ululation, wail, warble, whine, whisper, woodnote, yap,
     yawp, yell, yelp