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